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State Senate District 21

November 3, 2026 general election

People
38,324
Median household income
$55,393 ▼ Maine 74,733
Median home value
$235,100 ▼ Maine 296,600
Median age
37.3 ▼ Maine 44.8

State Senate District 21 (2024); Maine: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

CandidateRaised to dateClean ElectionTheir ownSpent
Eryn Soule U
Lewiston · Clean Election
$38,154$35,754—$23,740
Shanna Cox D
Lewiston · Traditionally financed
$46,354—$4,000$34,901

Raised to date: each campaign's total since it began (2025 included), from the Ethics Commission's list of registered candidates as of October 17, 2026; where a campaign isn't on it, its itemized 2026 contributions (files as posted October 17, 2026). Spent: likewise, to date. Clean Election: public funding paid this year. Their own: contributions and loans from the candidate. Every figure can be checked on the Commission's search.

Earlier this year

June 9 primary, Democratic

CandidateVotesShare
Shanna Coxwon · LEWISTON2,18457%
Mana H Abdi · LEWISTON1,67743%

From the Secretary of State's returns (votes added up over the towns; ranked-choice contests from the RCV summary report, round by round). Blank ballots aren't counted in the shares.

Outside spending

$22,195 spent by outside groups for or against this race's candidates (independent expenditures, reported to the Ethics Commission). The candidates don't control it.

AgainstCandidateFor
$17,099
$3,804
$1,292
SpenderFor / againstAmount
REBUILD MAINE
2026-09-29 – 2026-10-14 · 2 expenditures
for Shanna Cox$11,111
Safer Maine PAC
2026-10-07 · 1 expenditure
against Eryn Soule$3,804
Safer Maine PAC
2026-10-07 · 1 expenditure
for Shanna Cox$3,804
MPA CAMPAIGN VOTE!
2026-09-03 – 2026-09-15 · 2 expenditures
for Shanna Cox$2,101
Common Sense for Maine
2026-09-28 – 2026-10-09 · 2 expenditures
for Eryn Soule$1,292
MPA Votes
2026-09-03 · 1 expenditure
for Shanna Cox$83

An expenditure that names several candidates is split as the spender reported it.