Lanigan and Kidder Tie; Harrington, Mastraccio, Fredericks Win

State Rep. Lucas Lanigan and Patty Kidder

By Zendelle Bouchard

The race for state representative for District 141 between incumbent Republican Lucas Lanigan and Democratic challenger Patty Kidder has reportedly ended in a tie, a spokesperson for the Maine Secretary of State’s office said Thursday. While Kidder won the Sanford/Springvale part of the district by a healthy margin, Lanigan’s vote count matched hers once the returns for Shapleigh and Newfield and the overseas and military votes were counted. A recount will be scheduled once either of the candidates requests it. The recount would be conducted in Augusta with representatives for both candidates present. If the recount still shows a tie vote, a special election will be held to determine the winner.

In District 142, Democrat Anne-Marie Mastraccio retained her seat with 52% of the vote. Republican challenger Amy Bell received 48%. District 142 includes much of downtown Sanford and the east side

Republican Ann Fredericks won re-election to the District 143 seat with 56% of the vote against Democrat Katie Manende Hall, who got 44%. District 143 is comprised mostly of south Sanford.

In the race for State Senate District 33, Republican incumbent Matt Harrington won a decisive victory over his Democratic challenger, newcomer Dan Lauzon. Harrington got 60% of the votes cast, with Lauzon bringing in 40%. In addition to Sanford/Springvale, District 33 includes the towns of Alfred, Lebanon and Waterboro.

State Sen. Matt Harrington, State Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio, State Rep. Ann Fredericks

In the only contested York County race, Stacy Kilroy of Old Orchard Beach went up against Robert Travers of Lebanon for the county treasurer position. With 79% of the precincts reporting, Kilroy had a narrow lead, 50.5% to 49.5%, according to Ballotpedia.org. In uncontested races, Donna Ring was re-elected county commissioner for District 4, Scott Houde will have another term as judge of probate and Carol Lovejoy retained her position as register of probate.

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