Somerset County Commissioner District 5
Current planOne of Somerset County’s five commissioner districts under the current plan (2021, with the 2024 update). It takes in 15 places.
Voter Registration
Active voters, Secretary of State file of March 7, 2026Current enrollment
Registration history
Recent General Election Results
Referendums
YesNoSomerset County Commissioner District 5’s vote. Click a question for the statewide comparison.How Somerset County Commissioner District 5 Compares
Presidential margin vs. Maine
Democratic minus Republican share of the candidate vote. The gap between the lines shows how differently Somerset County Commissioner District 5 votes from the state.
Turnout in general elections
Ballots cast divided by active registered voters on election day. List maintenance shrinks the denominator in some years (for example 2022), which pushes the rate up.
Who Lives Here
American Community Survey 2020–2024Somerset County Commissioner District 5 at a Glance
Somerset County Commissioner District 5 is one of Somerset County’s five commissioner districts under the current plan (2021, with the 2024 update). Its population was 9,607 in the 2020 Census.
It takes in 15 cities, towns and plantations, the largest Canaan, Hartland, Solon, and Athens.
In the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump carried the district with 67.3% to 31% for Kamala Harris. That was a Republican margin of 36.3 points, against a Democratic margin of 6.9 points statewide. In the 2022 governor’s race, Paul LePage carried the district with 63.4% to 33.9% for Janet Mills. In the 2024 U.S. Senate race, Demi Kouzounas carried the district with 50.6% to 40.5% for Angus King (Unenrolled). On the Partisan Electoral Alignment Index (Partisan EAI), it ranks as the 2nd most Republican of 60 county commissioner districts.
As of March 7, 2026, Somerset County Commissioner District 5 had 6,565 active registered voters: 20% Democrats, 45.8% Republicans, 30.5% unenrolled, and 3.4% Green Independents.
Below the summary figures, this page has election results back to 1868, voter registration since 1954, referendum votes, turnout, and Census and American Community Survey figures. Sources are listed at the foot of the page and on the Data Sources page.