Maine 2022 General Election

The Green Papers: Maine 2022 General Election

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Maine
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 14 June 2022
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

✓ Tuesday 15 March 2022 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
✓ Friday 15 April 2022 - Filing Deadline - Primary Write-in .
✓ Wednesday 1 June 2022 - Filing Deadline - Nonparty candidates .
✓ Tuesday 14 June 2022 - Primary . Polling hours 6:00a-8:00p EDT (1000-0000 UTC). Voting places open between 6:00a Eastern Time and 10:00a Eastern Time depending on the size of the town.
✓ Friday 9 September 2022 - Filing Deadline - General Election Write-in .
✓ Tuesday 8 November 2022 - General Election . Polling hours 6:00a-8:00p EST (1100-0100 UTC). Voting places open between 6:00a Eastern Time and 10:00a Eastern Time depending on the size of the town.

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2020 Census:	1,363,582	(0.44% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
2010 Census:	1,333,074	(0.43% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
Capital:	Augusta

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Maine State and Local Government

Maine has 3 qualified parties: Democratic, Green Independent, and Republican. Unopposed candidates do not appear on the primary ballot.

Maine's Elections, including those for President, use ranked-choice voting.

Descriptions of Elections from the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions.

List of Candidates from the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions.

14 June 2022 Primary results from a media source, results from a media source.

8 November 2022 returns from the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions. Vote totals last updated 1 December 2022 per the certified vote.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 117^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Independent	Senator Angus Stanley King, Jr. • First elected: 2012 as an Independent (announced that he will caucus with the Democrats 14 November 2012 and again on 5 November 2014); re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
	Candidate list (1)

		*Independent*			*Senator Angus Stanley King, Jr.* • FEC S2ME00109
	18 January 2019: Senator Angus Stanley King, Jr. announced that he has prostate cancer and the prognosis is good.

Class 2		Republican	Senator Susan Margaret Collins • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008, 2014, 2020. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Janet T. Mills • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated
	Candidate list (3, 1 write-in)

		Democratic	376,934	55.36%	Governor Janet T. Mills

		Republican	287,304	42.19%	former Governor Paul R. LePage • First elected Governor: 2010; re-elected: 2014. At term limit in 2018.

		Independent Unenrolled	12,581	1.85%	Sam Hunkler • Independent Unenrolled

		Scattering	4,090	0.60%	BLANK
Total			680,909	100.00%

117^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2022, 2024. No Term Limit. 117^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Renominated)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Member of Congress Chellie M. Pingree • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 3 write-ins) - 118th Congress

		Democratic	219,753	61.36%	Member of Congress Chellie M. Pingree • FEC H8ME01120; 31 Dec 22; Tot $576,607; Dsb $618,990

		Republican	129,263	36.09%	Edwin F. "Ed" Thelander • FEC H2ME01131; 31 Dec 22; Tot $454,063; Dsb $445,248

		Scattering	8,962	2.50%	BLANK
		Scattering	160	0.04%	Others

		Write-in			Alan H. MacDonald • LOV (Love Over Violent Empire) • FEC H2ME01164
Total			358,138	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Member of Congress Jared Forest Golden • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated - Since no candidate received a majority of the votes in the 8 November general election, this race was determined by ranked choice.
	Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress

		Democratic	165,136	53.05%	Member of Congress Jared Forest Golden • FEC H8ME02185; 31 Dec 22; Tot $6,068,685; Dsb $6,164,856

		Republican	146,142	46.95%	former Member of Congress Bruce Lee Poliquin • Unsuccessful candidate for Governor: 2010; state Treasurer: 2010-2012; unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate: 2012; first elected to the U.S. Congress: 2014; re-elected: 2016; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2018. • FEC H4ME02234; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,671,940; Dsb $3,566,163

		Independent	0	0.00%	Tiffany Bond • Eliminated in the in the first ranked choice round. • FEC H8ME02219

		Scattering	0	0.00%	Write-in • Eliminated in the in the first ranked choice round.
Total			311,278	100.00%

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): 3 incumbents, 3 candidates
	• Republican: 1 incumbent, 3 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 1 incumbent, 2 candidates
	• Independent Unenrolled: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 4 candidates
	• Write-in: 1 candidate
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.