Maine State House District 37
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Reagan Paul Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Alan Lee OrcuttDemocraticReagan PaulRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Reagan Paul (R) 54.8, Scott William Cuddy (D) 45.2
- Last election
- Reagan Paul (Republican) won by 9.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: OrcuttRight column: Paul
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativePaulNo published score for Orcutt
- Races
- None listed
- Won 2 of 2
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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- Alan Lee OrcuttDemocratic
- Reagan PaulIncumbentRepublican
Source: maine.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 5,969
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReagan PaulWon Republican 3,27054.8% DemocraticScott William Cuddy Democratic 2,69945.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,016
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReagan PaulWon Republican 2,61952.2% DemocraticMargaret D. English-Flanagan Democratic 2,39747.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,686
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGrayson B. LooknerWon Democratic 3,686100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,365
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard R. FarnsworthWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,97488.4% IndependentJustin Benjamin Pollard Independent 39111.6% RepublicanJane E. Frey Republican 00.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,830
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard Ransom FarnsworthWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,830100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,131
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard R. FarnsworthWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,131100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,307
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRalph ChapmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,95855.7% RepublicanSherman Hutchins Republican 2,34944.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,497
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRalph ChapmanWon Democratic 2,26650.4% RepublicanMadeleine Gay Leach Republican 2,23149.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,602
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames M. SchatzWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,39360.6% RepublicanJonathan W. Walden Republican 2,20939.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,381
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames M. SchatzWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,26751.8% RepublicanKerry Ann Sullivan Republican 1,21327.7% IndependentF. Robert Bauer Independent 90120.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,606
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames M. SchatzWon Democratic 2,63247.0% RepublicanDenis H. Blodgett Republican 2,09837.4% GreenSteven D. West Green 87615.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,437
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGlenn CummingsWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,54974.2% RepublicanThomas B. Wheatley Republican 88825.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,416
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGlenn CummingsWon Democratic 3,18272.1% RepublicanDavid A. Brewer Republican 1,23427.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,549
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael F. BrennanWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,549100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,252
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael F. BrennanWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,19475.1% RepublicanThomas B. Wheatley Republican 1,05824.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,641
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael F. BrennanWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,55870.3% RepublicanWalter H. Foster IV Republican 1,08329.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,669
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarol A. KontosWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,53154.2% RepublicanBarbara E. Strout Republican 2,13845.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,678
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarol A. KontosWon Democratic 1,89151.4% RepublicanBarbara E. Strout(incumbent) Republican 1,78748.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,877
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBarbara E. StroutWon(incumbent) Republican 2,07253.4% DemocraticDennis L. Libby Democratic 1,80546.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,874
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBarbara E. StroutWon Republican 1,54153.6% DemocraticDennis L. Libby Democratic 1,33346.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,401
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGary CooperWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,01059.1% RepublicanGeorge A. Keef Republican 1,39140.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,131
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard McCollisterWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,63752.3% RepublicanRichard L. Dorey Republican 1,49447.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,516
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard McCollisterWon Democratic 1,78650.8% RepublicanJohn E. Gee Republican 1,73049.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,888
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSidney D. MaxwellWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,888100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,034
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1977)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSidney D. MaxwellWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,67555.2% OtherPaul F. Galusha Other 1,35744.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,455
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1977)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSidney D. MaxwellWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,38656.5% RepublicanPaul F. Galusha Republican 1,06943.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,809
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLawrence P. Greenlaw Jr.Won Democratic 1,67959.8% RepublicanMarie W. Wood(incumbent) Republican 1,13040.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,052
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarie W. WoodWon Republican 1,04651.0% DemocraticJames G. Sawyer Democratic 1,00348.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,396
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 37, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGordon A. RichardsonWon(incumbent) Republican 1,79675.0% DemocraticRobert A. Leach Democratic 60025.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Maine State House District 37, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/me/house/37. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:me/sldl:37
These 2024 votes come from MEDSL's precinct file, not Maine's certified tabulation: the Secretary of State's site blocks our downloader. In the 35 Senate races, where we could read certified totals, this file ran 0.1% to 1.8% below them. Official results, Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026