| The Green Papers: Maine 2018 General Election |
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Maine
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress ✓ Primary: Tuesday 12 June 2018 ✓ General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 |
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Maine has 4 qualified parties: Democratic, Green Independent, Libertarian, and Republican. Unopposed candidate do not appear on the primary ballot. Maine's Primary Election uses ranked-choice voting. Sample ballot. Upcoming Elections from the Maine Secretary of State. List of Candidates Primary candidates from the Maine Secretary of State. List of General Election Candidates from the Maine Secretary of State. 12 June 2018 Primary: 6 November 2018: |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 |
Independent | Senator Angus Stanley King, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 2012 as an Independent (announced that he will caucus with the Democrats 14 November 2012 and again on 5 November 2014) • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • 22 June 2015: Senator Angus King announced the he has been diagnosed prostate cancer and does not expect it to interfere with this duties. He plans to run for re-election in 2018. |
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| Candidate list (3, 3 write-ins) | |||||
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Independent | 344,575 | 53.33% | Senator Angus Stanley King, Jr. • FEC S2ME00109; 26 Nov 18; Tot $4,822,126; Dsb $4,419,388 |
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Republican | 223,502 | 34.59% | state Senator Eric L. Brakey • FEC S8ME00130; 31 Dec 18; Tot $962,795; Dsb $962,183 |
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Democratic | 66,268 | 10.26% | Zackary E. "Zak" Ringelstein • Democratic Socialists of America • FEC S8ME00155; 26 Nov 18; Tot $387,940; Dsb $382,352 |
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Scattering | 11,655 | 1.80% | Blank | |
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Scattering | 64 | 0.01% | Others | |
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Write-in; (Republican) | James N. Riley, Jr. • FEC S8ME00171; 06 Dec 18; Tot $0; Dsb $74 |
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| Total | 646,064 | 100.00% | |||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Susan M. Collins • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 |
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| Candidate list (3) | |||||
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Democratic | Michael P. Bunker • FEC S0ME00061 |
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Democratic | Cathleen Greenberg "Cat" London • FEC S0ME00053 |
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Republican | Max Patrick Linn • FEC S8ME00163; 30 Jun 18; Tot $249,886; Dsb $249,886 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors | |||||
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Republican | Governor Paul R. LePage • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair |
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| ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | |||||
| Candidate list (4, 6 write-ins) | |||||
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Democratic | 320,962 | 49.68% | state Attorney General Janet T. Mills | |
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Republican | 272,311 | 42.15% | University of Maine System Trustee Shawn H. Moody | |
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Independent | 37,268 | 5.77% | state Treasurer Teresea M. "Terry" Hayes | |
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Scattering | 15,346 | 2.38% | Blank | |
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Scattering | 126 | 0.02% | Others | |
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Independent | Alan Caron • 29 October 2018: Withdrew endorsing Attorney General Janet T. Mills (Democratic). He remains on the ballot but votes cast for him are counted as blanks. |
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Write-in; (Independent) | Kenneth A. Capron | |||
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Write-in; (Independent) | former state Senator John T. Jenkins | |||
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Write-in; (Not readily classifiable) | Malon A. Tracy • Reform Maine's Future |
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Write-in; (Unenrolled) | J. Martin Vachon • 12 June 2018: Ran as a write-in in the the Democratic Primary. |
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| Total | 646,013 | 100.00% | |||
| 115th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Renominated); 1 Republican (1 Renominated) | |||||
| Incumbent - 115th Congress | |||||
CD 1 |
Democratic | Congressman Chellie M. Pingree • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 116th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | 201,195 | 57.49% | Congressman Chellie M. Pingree • FEC H8ME01120; 26 Nov 18; Tot $776,481; Dsb $1,074,857 |
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Republican | 111,188 | 31.77% | Mark Irving Holbrook • FEC H6ME01207; 26 Nov 18; Tot $94,292; Dsb $95,471 |
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Independent | 29,670 | 8.48% | state Representative Martin James J. "Marty" Grohman • FEC H8ME01203; 26 Nov 18; Tot $367,494; Dsb $355,451 |
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Scattering | 7,910 | 2.26% | Blank | |
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Scattering | Others | |||
| Total | 349,963 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 115th Congress | |||||
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Republican | Congressman Bruce L. Poliquin • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated - Vote totals are Ranked Choice Round 2 of 21 November 2018. |
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| Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | 142,440 | 50.62% | state Representative Jared F. Golden • FEC H8ME02185; 26 Nov 18; Tot $5,705,679; Dsb $5,623,956 |
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Republican | 138,931 | 49.38% | Congressman Bruce L. Poliquin • FEC H4ME02234; 31 Dec 18; Tot $4,233,235; Dsb $4,253,973 |
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Independent | Tiffany L. Bond • FEC H8ME02219 |
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Independent | William Rawle Sheridan "Will" Hoar • FEC H8ME02193 |
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| Total | 281,371 | 100.00% | |||
| 6 December 2018: Recount begins. 5 December 2018: U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker heard Baber v Dunlap 1:18cv-465 re: Congressman Bruce Poliquin claim that ranked choice voting violates the U.S. Constitution. 14 December 2018: "Although we continue to evaluate ... the constitutionality of rank voting ... I believe it is important to end the recount process ..." - Bruce Poliquin. 24 December 2018: Congressman Bruce Poliquin announced he will not pursue his lawsuit against Ranked Choice Voting. | |||||
| 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. |
| Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 6 candidates | |
| • Republican: 3 incumbents, 6 candidates | |
| Independents | |
| • Independent: 1 incumbent, 8 candidates | |
| • Unenrolled: 1 candidate | |
| Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
| • Not readily classifiable: 1 candidate | |
| • Scattering: 6 candidates | |
| • Write-in: 5 candidates | |
| Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted. | |
| Notes |
| Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. |
| Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. |
"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. |
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