Maine State House District 53
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Michael Lemelin Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Richard Marc GoldmanDemocraticMichael LemelinRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Michael Lemelin (R) 59.2, Judy E. Tunkle (D) 40.8
- Last election
- Michael Lemelin (Republican) won by 18.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: GoldmanRight column: Lemelin
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeLemelinNo published score for Goldman
- Races
- None listed
- Won 3 of 4
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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- Richard Marc GoldmanDemocratic
- Michael LemelinIncumbentRepublican
Source: maine.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 5,469
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael LemelinWon Republican 3,23959.2% DemocraticJudy E. Tunkle Democratic 2,23040.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,638
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael LemelinWon(incumbent) Republican 2,67257.6% DemocraticJane L. Beckwith Democratic 1,96642.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,156
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAllison L. HeplerWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,18051.7% RepublicanJeffrey K. Pierce Republican 2,97648.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,049
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAllison L. HeplerWon Democratic 2,58351.2% RepublicanJeffrey K. Pierce(incumbent) Republican 2,46648.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,639
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey K. PierceWon(incumbent) Republican 3,30958.7% DemocraticWilliam L. Neilson Democratic 2,33041.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,813
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey K. PierceWon Republican 2,59854.0% DemocraticPeter S. Kent(incumbent) Democratic 2,21546.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,980
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTimothy I. MarksWon Democratic 2,58952.0% RepublicanRaymond A. Soule Republican 2,39148.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,136
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeslie T. FosselWon(incumbent) Republican 2,84968.9% DemocraticLeola B. Roberts Democratic 1,28731.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,154
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeslie T. FosselWon Republican 2,70252.4% DemocraticTimothy B. Nason Democratic 2,45247.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,980
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter L. RinesWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,13953.7% RepublicanWilliam C. Sutter Republican 1,84146.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,117
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2013)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter L. RinesWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,94557.5% RepublicanBillie G. Willard Republican 2,17242.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,661
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah J. HuttonWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,88451.5% RepublicanWilliam T. Berry Republican 1,77748.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,538
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah J. HuttonWon Democratic 2,41453.2% RepublicanPatricia L. Dutille Republican 2,12446.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,896
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid C. ShiahWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,09172.2% RepublicanJames A. Pearson Republican 80527.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,043
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid C. ShiahWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,80769.4% RepublicanBarbara J. Pinkham Republican 1,23630.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,523
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1994 to 2003)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid C. ShiahWon Democratic 2,15361.1% RepublicanH. Kenneth Dutille Republican 1,37038.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,672
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPhyllis R. ErwinWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,79748.9% IndependentJ. Eugene Boivin Independent 1,38637.8% RepublicanEdward R. White Republican 48913.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,713
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPhyllis R. ErwinWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,713100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,003
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPhyllis R. ErwinWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,002100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,608
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPhyllis R. ErwinWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,97075.5% RepublicanRandy E. Hotham Republican 63824.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,120
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1993)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPhyllis R. ErwinWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,120100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,020
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDonald V. CarterWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,020100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,052
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDonald V. CarterWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,052100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,994
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1978 to 1983)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDonald V. CarterWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,98199.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 130.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,920
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1977)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDonald V. CarterWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,02269.3% RepublicanEdward M. Welch Jr. Republican 89830.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,392
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1977)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDonald V. CarterWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,39099.9% OtherJoseph Donahue Other 10.0% OtherMarcel Paquet Other 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,153
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdwin F. MaddoxWon(incumbent) Republican 1,58450.2% DemocraticBonnie Post Democratic 1,56949.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,200
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdwin F. MaddoxWon Republican 1,43165.0% DemocraticJohn A. Ricker Jr. Democratic 76935.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,873
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Maine House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAlbert MacphailWon Republican 1,62256.5% DemocraticHugo A. Lehtinen Democratic 1,25143.5%
- 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 53, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/me/house/53. 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:53
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