Dill wins Senate 7 race

Posted: May 10, 2011 | Senator Dill

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

By Leslie Bridgers lbridgers@pressherald.com
Staff Writer

Democrat Cynthia Dill handily won the state Senate District 7 race, beating Republican Louis Maietta 2-to-1.

She got a total of 5,056 votes in the three communities represented, to Maietta’s 2,405 votes.

Voters approved school budgets in Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough today. Votes were still being tallied in Portland and South Portland at this hour.

In Cape Elizabeth, voters passed a $21.1 million school budget 1,837 votes to 686 votes. The budget cuts 1.5 teaching positions in the elementary school, and limits pay increases this year to 0.5 percent. With the municipal budget approved last month, property taxes will rise 2.4 percent.

In Scarborough, voters approved the $35.5 million school budget 856-652. The combined town and school budgets will raise taxes 2.69 percent.

Results from Portland and South Portland school budget votes weren’t available.