- Lead
- 10,698
- Total
- 26,966
- vs nation
- D+41.1
Maine 23rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,863
- Total
- 27,189
- vs nation
- D+35.5
- Lead
- 7,581
- Total
- 24,156
- vs nation
- D+29.3
- Lead
- 7,377
- Total
- 23,395
- vs nation
- D+27.7
- Lead
- 8,116
- Total
- 23,090
- vs nation
- D+27.9
- Lead
- 5,382
- Total
- 22,744
- vs nation
- D+26.1
- Lead
- 3,264
- Total
- 19,831
- vs nation
- D+15.9
- Lead
- 4,649
- Total
- 18,106
- vs nation
- D+17.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+39.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,8432024 5-year
- Population density
- 290 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 137 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $88,9232024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.1 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 29, ME · twin score 98.1
presidential history
Party record book
Maine 23rd State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
72.0%
7,435 votes · D+44.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 68.7%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
71.3%
3,388 votes · R+49.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 69.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
18,639votes
68.6% of the vote · D+40.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 18,514 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
8,551votes
53.8% of the vote · R+7.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 8,486 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+41.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+39.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +35.5 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+34.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+16.8 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +31.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 69.4%12,597 | 30.6%5,548 | 18,145 |
Maine 23rd State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 49.1 points in 1924. The 2024 margin was 39.7 points.
A population of 39,843, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,923 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 29 and State Senate District 30.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Maine 23rd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/23023/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.