State Rep. Janet McLaughlin won re-election to the Maine House of Representatives Tuesday, defeating Republican opponent Phineas Sprague with 55 percent of votes cast.

The general and referendum election drew thousands to the polls at Cape Elizabeth High School, with 65 percent of 7,828 registered voters casting ballots. Of those, 630 were absentee.

Cape Elizabeth did not follow the rest of the state in electing John Baldacci governor. Peter Cianchette, who formerly represented the northern part of town in the State House, was Cape's pick for governor, taking 48 percent of the Cape vote. Baldacci trailed Cianchette with 40 percent in Cape Elizabeth at the end of the evening.

Cape voters also said they wished to send their Congressional delegation back to Washington for another term, giving the majority of their votes to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and to U.S. Rep. Tom Allen.

In the referendum election, voters in Cape Elizabeth gave an emphatic "no" to the bond issue for correctional facilities, with 59 percent voting against; an even more emphatic "yes" to the enivronmental bond issue, with 65 percent voting in favor; and, "yes" to the constitutional amendment, with 60 percent voting in favor.

Here is the result of the vote in Cape Elizabeth:

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE
Vote for ONE


Republican         PETER E. CIANCHETTE   2478 votes
                   SOUTH PORTLAND

Democrat           JOHN E. BALDACCI      2046 votes
                   BANGOR

Green Independent  JONATHAN K. CARTER    530 votes
                   LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP

Unenrolled         JOHN M. MICHAEL       29 votes
                   AUBURN

UNITED STATES SENATOR
Vote for ONE

Democrat           CHELLIE PINGREE       2099 votes
                   NORTH HAVEN

Republican         SUSAN M. COLLINS      2971 votes
                   BANGOR


REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS District 1
Vote for ONE

Democrat           THOMAS H. ALLEN       3294 votes
                   PORTLAND

Republican         STEVEN JOYCE          1739 votes
                   KENNEBUNK


STATE SENATOR
District 30
Vote for ONE

Democrat           LYNN BROMLEY          2588 votes
                   SOUTH PORTLAND

Republican         LINDA R. BOUDREAU     2325 votes
                   SOUTH PORTLAND


REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE
District 25
Vote for ONE

Democrat           JANET L. MCLAUGLIN    2498 votes
                   CAPE ELIZABETH

Republican         PHINEAS SPRAGUE       2033 votes
                   CAPE ELIZABETH

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE
District 24
(Cape Elizabeth and South Portland)
Vote for ONE

Democrat           LAWRENCE BLISS        226 votes
                   SOUTH PORTLAND

Republican         WAYNE H. ROSS         259 votes
                   SOUTH PORTLAND

JUDGE OF PROBATE
Vote for ONE

Democrat           WILLIAM H. CHILDS     2613 votes
                   WESTBROOK

Republican         RAYMOND M. LYNCH      2044 votes
                   NORTH YARMOUTH


COUNTY TREASURER
Vote for ONE

Democrat           DIANE LEE GURNEY      1787 votes
                   PORTLAND

Republican         JOHN F. RIDGE         2942 votes
                   CAPE ELIZABETH


REGISTER OF DEEDS
Vote for ONE

Democrat           JOHN B. O'BRIEN       2129 votes
                   PORTLAND

Republican         G. PAUL WATERHOUSE    1851 votes
                   BRIDGTON

Green Independent  MORGEN D'ARC          581 votes
                   PORTLAND


SHERIFF
Vote for ONE

Democrat           MARK N. DION          2360 votes
                   PORTLAND

Republican         WILLIAM R. HOLMES     2454 votes
                   PORTLAND


DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Republican         STEPHANIE ANDERSON    4145 votes

VOTER TURNOUT

5094 of 7828 registered voters - 65 percent

Referendum Election Results

Question 1: Bond Issue

Do you favor a $25,000,000 bond issue to raise funds to build a new correctional facility in Machias and to make improvements to the Maine Correctional Center in South Windham?

1995 Yes
2910 No

Question 2: Bond Issue

Do you favor a $24,100,000 bond issue for the following purposes:

• 1. The sum of $5,000,000 to construct and upgrade water pollution control facilities, providing the state match for $12,500,000 in federal funds;
• 2. The sum of $1,000,000 to protect public health, safety and the environment by providing funds to remove overboard discharges;
• 3. The sum of $7,000,000 to make renovations and enhance wastewater treatment at the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's fish-rearing facilities;
• 4. The sum of $1,000,000 to protect public health, safety and the environment by providing funds to remove and replace failing septic systems;
• 5. The sum of $1,000,000 to clean up uncontrolled hazardous substance sites;
• 6. The sum of $500,000 to remediate solid waste landfills;
• 7. The sum of $500,000 to clean up tire stockpiles;
• 8. The sum of $500,000 to provide funds for the Dam Repair and Reconstruction Fund and the renovation of and capital repairs and improvements to locks under the control of the Bureau of Parks and Lands;
• 9. The sum of $1,800,000 to support drinking water system improvements that address public health threats, providing the state match for $6,000,000 in federal funds;
• 10. The sum of $2,300,000 to acquire the technology and services required to establish an Internet-based Maine public library of geographic data, to improve citizens' access to public geographic data, to make grants to municipalities for voluntary automation of parcel and zoning maps to uniform standards, to provide the state match for at least $1,600,000 in federal funds and to participate in intergovernmental data development agreements;
• 11. The sum of $1,500,000 to support household hazardous waste collection and public recycling;
• 12. The sum of $1,000,000 to construct new or retrofit existing pollution control structures on Maine farms to protect the environment;
• 13. The sum of $500,000 to construct environmentally sound water sources that help avoid drought damage to crops; and
• 14. The sum of $500,000 to recapitalize the Potato Marketing Improvement Fund?

3246 Yes
1719 No

Question 3: Constitutional Amendment

Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to allow the State to issue short-term debt in limited amounts that must be repaid with federal transportation funds within 12 months to facilitate the development of highways, bridges and other transportation projects?

2863 Yes
1934 No