Maine State Senate
LegislatureMaine State Legislature
Term limits4 terms (8 years) consecutive
New sessionDecember 4, 2024
PresidentMattie Daughtry (D)
Election 1December 4, 2024
Majority LeaderTeresa Pierce (D)
Election 2December 4, 2024
Minority LeaderTrey Stewart (R)
Election 4December 7, 2022
Members35
Political groups 1

Majority

Minority

Independents

Last election 1November 5, 2024
(all 35 seats)
Next election 1November 3, 2026
(all 35 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative control
Term length2 years
AuthorityArticle IV, Part Second, Maine Constitution
SalarySession 1: $13,526/year
Session 2: $9,661/year + per diem
Meeting placeState Senate Chamber
Maine State House
Augusta, Maine
WebsiteMaine State Senate

The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35".[1] Unlike the lower House, the Senate does not set aside nonvoting seats for Native tribes. Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine Senate usually have outside employment as well.

The Senate meets at the Maine State House in Augusta. Members are limited to four consecutive terms with each term being two years but may run again after a two-year wait.

Leadership

Unlike many U.S. states, the Senate's leader is not the lieutenant governor, as Maine does not have a lieutenant governor. Instead, the Senate chooses its own president, who is also the first in the line of gubernatorial succession.

Composition of the 132nd (2024–2026) Maine Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
DemocraticRepublicanIndVacant
Begin 126th Legislature (Dec. 2012)19151350
End 126th Legislature
Begin 127th Legislature (Dec. 2014)[a]14210350
End 127th Legislature1520
Begin 128th Legislature (Dec. 2016)17180350
End 128th Legislature
Begin 129th Legislature (Dec. 2018)21140350
End 129th Legislature
Begin 130th Legislature (Dec. 2020)[b]22130350
End 130th Legislature
Begin 131st Legislature (Dec. 2022)22130350
End 131st Legislature12341
Begin 132nd Legislature (Dec. 2024)20150350
June 24, 2025[c]141
Latest voting share57.14%40%2.86%
  1. ^ Includes a provisionally sworn-in Republican Sen.-elect who was subsequently revealed to have lost her election and replaced with the actual winner, a Democrat.
  2. ^ Includes a Sen.-elect who declined to take the oath of office.
  3. ^ Rick Bennett (R-18) leaves the Republican Party to become an Independent.[2]
  4. ^ First won in a special election.
  5. ^ Cyrway previously served in the state senate from 2014–2022.
  6. ^ Bennett previously served in the state senate from 1996–2004.
  7. ^ Bennett served as a Republican until switching to Independent in 2025.[2]
  8. ^ Libby previously served in the state senate from 1996–2000.
  9. ^ Lawrence previously served in the state senate from 1992–2000.

Officers

PositionNameParty
President of the SenateMattie DaughtryDem
Majority LeaderTeresa PierceDem
Assistant Majority LeaderJill DusonDem
Minority LeaderTrey StewartRep
Assistant Minority LeaderMatthew HarringtonRep
Secretary of the SenateDarek GrantNon-Partisan
Assistant Secretary of the SenateJared RoyNon-Partisan

Members of the Maine Senate

Districts are currently numbered starting with 1 from north to south. While this is often reversed in the decennial redistricting, it was not reversed in the redistricting which occurred in 2021 and which went into effect beginning with the 2022 primary and general elections. The previous district lines, which were drawn in 2013 and were first used in the 2014 primary and general elections, were only in effect for 8 years rather than the usual 10 as Maine adjusted its legislative redistricting cycle to conform with most other states.

DistrictNamePartyMun. of residenceCty. of residenceStartTerm limited
1RepCaribouAroostook20242032
2RepPresque IsleAroostook20202028
3RepNorridgewockSomerset20182026
4RepGlenburnPenobscot20182026
5RepWiltonFranklin20182026
6RepCalaisWashington20182026
7DemEllsworthHancock2022[d]2030
8DemOronoPenobscot20222030
9DemBangorPenobscot20202028
10RepHampdenPenobscot20242032
11DemBelfastWaldo20202028
12DemRocklandKnox20222030
13DemBristolLincoln20222030
14DemWinthropKennebec2021[d]2028
15RepVassalboroKennebec20242032
16[e]RepAlbionKennebec20242032
17RepTurnerAndroscoggin20182026
18[f]Ind[g]OxfordOxford20202028
19RepRumfordOxford20242032
20RepAuburnAndroscoggin20242032
21DemLewistonAndroscoggin20222030
22[h]RepStandishCumberland20222030
23DemBrunswickCumberland20202028
24DemTopshamSagadahoc20242032
25DemFalmouthCumberland20222030
26DemWindhamCumberland20222030
27DemPortlandCumberland20222030
28DemPortlandCumberland20242032
29DemCape ElizabethCumberland20202028
30DemScarboroughCumberland20202028
31DemSacoYork20202028
32DemArundelYork20222030
33RepSanfordYork20222030
34DemKennebunkYork20202028
35[i]DemEliotYork20182026

Past composition of the Senate

Main article: Political party strength in Maine

Notable former members

Notes

References

  1. ^ Maine Constitution Article IV. -- Part Second.Senate.
  2. ^ Ohm, Rachel (June 24, 2025). "Maine Sen. Rick Bennett announces run for governor as an independent". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved June 24, 2025. "Bennett, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Oxford, said in an interview Monday that he would be unenrolling from the Republican party and that he is running for governor to bring a new approach to the office."