Maine State House District 38
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Ben Hymes Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Ben HymesRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winKayla M.T. MillerDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Ben Hymes (R) 55.4, Stephen B. Ellis (D) 44.6
- Last election
- Ben Hymes (Republican) won by 10.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: HymesRight column: Miller
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeHymesNo published score for Miller
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Kayla M.T. MillerDemocratic
- Ben HymesIncumbentRepublican
Source: maine.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 4,993
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBen HymesWonName as filed: Benjamin C. Hymes Republican 2,76555.4% DemocraticStephen B. Ellis Democratic 2,22844.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,216
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBen HymesWonName as filed: Benjamin C. Hymes Republican 2,15551.1% DemocraticRobyn M. Stanicki Democratic 1,47535.0% GreenHeather Elizabeth Garrold Green 58613.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,217
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBarbara A. WoodWon Democratic 5,217100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,235
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMatthew W. MoonenWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,235100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,083
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMatthew W. MoonenWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,31084.8% RepublicanThomas J. Loring Republican 77315.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,796
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMatthew W. MoonenWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,20184.3% RepublicanThomas J. Loring Republican 59515.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,072
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLouis Joseph LuchiniWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,11861.5% RepublicanMatthew J. Foster Republican 1,95438.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,271
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLouis Joseph LuchiniWon Democratic 2,30554.0% RepublicanMichael E. Povich Republican 1,96646.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,200
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrian D. LangleyWon Republican 2,86155.0% DemocraticCarrie E. Jones Democratic 2,33945.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,950
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert H. CrosthwaiteWon(incumbent) Republican 2,07552.5% DemocraticSteven B. Savage Democratic 1,87547.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,109
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert H. CrosthwaiteWon(incumbent) Republican 2,97458.2% DemocraticDan N. Shaw Democratic 2,13541.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,048
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph BrunoWon(incumbent) Republican 2,34457.9% DemocraticFrancis McDermott Democratic 1,70442.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,393
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph BrunoWon(incumbent) Republican 4,393100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,111
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph BrunoWon(incumbent) Republican 1,82758.7% DemocraticDenis A. Morse Democratic 1,28441.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,416
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph BrunoWon Republican 2,30052.1% DemocraticThomas M. Tyler(incumbent) Democratic 2,11647.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,408
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas M. TylerWon Democratic 1,79252.6% RepublicanWayne R. Holmquist Republican 1,61647.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,647
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph B. TaylorWon Republican 2,83650.2% DemocraticDeborah Shaw Rice Democratic 2,81149.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,939
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey H. ButlandWon(incumbent) Republican 3,939100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,680
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey H. ButlandWon Republican 3,07465.7% DemocraticTanya Durfee Democratic 1,60634.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,695
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid G. StanleyWon Republican 2,64271.5% DemocraticTheodore B. Davis Democratic 1,05328.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,717
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert DillenbackWon(incumbent) Republican 3,717100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,073
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward L. DexterWon(incumbent) Republican 1,55150.5% DemocraticHoward E. Gurney Democratic 1,22739.9% OtherThomas Walter Deely Other 2949.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,021
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward L. DexterWon(incumbent) Republican 3,01599.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 60.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,546
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward L. DexterWon(incumbent) Republican 1,20147.2% DemocraticHarlan E. Doak Democratic 72728.6% OtherRoswell Dyar Other 61724.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,198
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1977)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward L. DexterWon Republican 1,62050.7% DemocraticHarlan E. Doak(incumbent) Democratic 1,57649.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,368
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1977)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHarlan E. DoakWon Democratic 1,01042.6% RepublicanEdwin A. Rogers Republican 80634.0% OtherEdward L. Dexter Other 55023.2% OtherRoswell Dyar(incumbent) Other 20.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,961
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEugene L. ChurchillWon(incumbent) Republican 2,39981.0% DemocraticHeidi D. Williams Democratic 56219.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,304
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEugene L. ChurchillWon Republican 1,28855.9% DemocraticWilliam N. Baxter Democratic 1,01644.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,434
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRonald G. CushingWon(incumbent) Republican 1,57764.8% DemocraticGary G. Bagley Democratic 85735.2%
- 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 38, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/me/house/38. 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:38
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