The 2014 Maine Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to determine which party would control the Maine Senate for the following two years in the 127th Maine Legislature. All 35 seats in the Maine Senate were up for election and the primary was held on June 10, 2014. Prior to the election, 19 seats were held by Democrats, with one Independent caucusing with them, and 15 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans flip five seats, thereby regaining their majority in the State Senate that they had lost following the 2012 election.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of Governing | October 20, 2014

Retirements Independents District 11: Richard G. Woodbury retired.

Democrats District 16: Margaret Craven retired. District 22: Edward Mazurek retired. District 30: Emily Cain retired to unsuccessfully run for Maine's 2nd congressional district. District 35: Troy Jackson retired to unsuccessfully run for Maine's 2nd congressional district.

Republicans District 12: Gary Plummer retired. District 21: Patrick Flood retired. District 34: Roger Sherman was term-limited.

Incumbents defeated In primary Republicans District 4: Douglas Thomas lost renomination to Paul Davis.

In general Democrats District 16: Colleen Machowicz lost re-election to Scott Cyrway. District 20: John Cleveland lost re-election to Eric Brakey. District 23: Eloise Vitelli lost re-election to Linda Baker. District 30: James Boyle lost re-election to Amy Volk. District 33: John Tuttle lost re-election to David Woodsome.

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