The Green Papers: Maine 2007 Off Year Election |
Maine
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Olympia J. Snowe First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006 [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Susan M. Collins First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors | |||||
Democratic | Governor John Elias Baldacci First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (1 Open, 1 Undetermined) | |||||
CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Thomas H. Allen First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - Candidate for Senate in 2008 |
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CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Michael H. Michaud First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |