Christopher Babbidge

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Christopher Babbidge

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Prior offices
Maine House of Representatives District 141

Maine House of Representatives District 8
Successor: Tracy Quint

Contact

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Christopher Babbidge (Democratic Party) was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 8. He assumed office on December 3, 2014. He left office on December 7, 2022.

Babbidge (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 8. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Babbidge served in the House previously, representing District 141 from 2002 to 2008.[1]

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Babbidge was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Babbidge was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Maine committee assignments, 2017
Judiciary

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Babbidge served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022

Christopher Babbidge was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2020

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 8

Incumbent Christopher Babbidge defeated Todd DiFede in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 8 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
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Christopher Babbidge (D)
 
64.6
 
4,310
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Todd DiFede (R) Candidate Connection
 
35.4
 
2,364

Total votes: 6,674
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Democratic primary election

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Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 8

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Christopher Babbidge in round 1 .


Total votes: 1,666
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Republican primary election

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Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 8

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Todd DiFede in round 1 .


Total votes: 604
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

2018

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 8

Incumbent Christopher Babbidge defeated Bradley Ducharme in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 8 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Christopher Babbidge (D)
 
65.1
 
3,501
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Bradley Ducharme (R)
 
34.9
 
1,879

Total votes: 5,380
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 8

Incumbent Christopher Babbidge advanced from the Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 8 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Christopher Babbidge
 
100.0
 
1,214

Total votes: 1,214
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 8

Susan Krytko advanced from the Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 8 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Susan Krytko
 
100.0
 
672

Total votes: 672
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2016

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016.[2]

Incumbent Christopher Babbidge defeated Bradley Ducharme in the Maine House of Representatives District 8 general election.[3]

Maine House of Representatives, District 8 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Christopher Babbidge Incumbent 63.26% 3,803
     Republican Bradley Ducharme 36.74% 2,209
Total Votes 6,012
Source: Maine Secretary of State

Incumbent Christopher Babbidge ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 8 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Maine House of Representatives, District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Christopher Babbidge Incumbent (unopposed)

John Kotsonis ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 8 Republican primary.[4][5]

Maine House of Representatives, District 8 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Kotsonis  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the primary election was April 28, 2014, and the deadline for non-party candidates to run in the general election was June 2, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014. Christopher Babbidge was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Edward Karytko was unopposed in the Republican primary. Babbidge defeated Karytko in the general election.[6][7][8][9]

Maine House of Representatives District 8, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Babbidge 55.4% 2,712
     Republican Edward Karytko 40.8% 1,999
     None Blank Votes 3.8% 187
Total Votes 4,898

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Christopher Babbidge did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Christopher Babbidge campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Maine House of Representatives District 8Won general$11,998 N/A**
2018Maine House of Representatives District 8Won general$5,125 N/A**
2016Maine House of Representatives, District 8Won $6,355 N/A**
2014Maine House of Representatives, District 8Won $5,653 N/A**
Grand total$29,131 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Amy Arata (R)
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