Republican candidate Wright Pinkham Sr. of Lexington Township ran against Democratic candidate Paul L. Tessier of Rockwood Township to represent House District 88.

District 88 serves residents of Anson, Bingham, Caratunk, Carrabassett Valley, Embden, Jackman, Moose River, Moscow, New Portland, Willington, Brighton Plantation, Coplin Plantation, Dennistown Plantation, Highland Plantation, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, The Forks Plantation, West Forks Plantation, Concord Township, Lexington Township, Wyman Township, Northeast Somerset Township, Northwest Somerset Township and Seboomook Lake Township.

At 11 p.m. with results in from only Coplin Plantation, the outcome of the race could not be predicted. Voters there gave Tessier45, and Pinkham 42.