Dale Crafts
Dale Crafts (Republican Party) is running for election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 97. He is on the ballot in the Republican primary on June 9, 2026.[source]
Crafts (Republican Party) was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 56. He assumed office in 2008. He left office in 2016.
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Crafts served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Ranking Minority Member |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Crafts served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Crafts served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Crafts served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2026
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on June 9, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 97
Thomas R. Watson (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 97 on June 9, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 97
Dale Crafts (R) is running in the Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 97 on June 9, 2026.
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2020
See also: Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (July 14 Republican primary)
Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (July 14 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Maine District 2
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jared Golden in round 1 .
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Total votes: 373,235 |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for U.S. House Maine District 2
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jared Golden in round 1 .
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Total votes: 57,718 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for U.S. House Maine District 2
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Dale Crafts in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 42,347 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Hiatt (R)
2016
Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016.[1] Incumbent Dale Crafts (R) did not seek re-election.
Gina Mason defeated Scott Gaiason in the Maine House of Representatives District 56 general election.[2]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 56 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Gina Mason |
58.01% | 2,740 | |
| Democratic | Scott Gaiason | 41.99% | 1,983 | |
| Total Votes | 4,723 | |||
| Source: Maine Secretary of State | ||||
Scott Gaiason ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 56 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 56 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Scott Gaiason (unopposed) | |
Gina Mason ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 56 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 56 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Gina Mason (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the primary election was April 28, 2014, and the deadline for non-party candidates to run in the general election was June 2, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014. Lisa Ward was unopposed in the Democratic primary. District 104 incumbent Dale Crafts was unopposed in the Republican primary. Crafts was unopposed in the general election.[5][6][7][8]
2012
Crafts won re-election in the 2012 election for Maine House of Representatives District 104. Crafts ran unopposed in the June 12 Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]
2010
Crafts' opponent in the November 2 general election was Democratic candidate Janice Comber. According to unofficial results, Crafts defeated Comber in the November 2 general election.[11]
| Maine House of Representatives General Election, District 104 (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Dale Crafts (R)
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2,563 | 68% | ||
| Janice Comber (D) | 1,151 | 30%[12] | ||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Dale Crafts ran for District 104 of the Maine House of Representatives, beating Deborah Danuski.[13]
Dale Crafts raised $5,107 for his campaign.[14]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 104 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Dale Crafts (R)
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2,874 | |||
| Deborah Danuski (D) | 1,712 | |||
Campaign themes
2026
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2020
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Campaign website
Crafts' campaign website stated the following:
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| —Dale Crafts' campaign website (2020)[16] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Dale Crafts | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Maine |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Crafts was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Maine.[17] In Maine’s caucuses on March 5, 2016, Ted Cruz won 12 delegates, Donald Trump won nine, and John Kasich won two. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Crafts was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Maine’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[18]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Maine to the Republican National Convention were elected at the state convention in April 2016. Maine GOP bylaws stipulated that delegates were to be bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention. If a candidate withdrew prior to the convention, his or her delegates were to become unbound.
Maine caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Maine, 2016
| Maine Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Ted Cruz |
45.9% | 8,550 | 12 | |
| Donald Trump | 32.6% | 6,070 | 9 | |
| John Kasich | 12.2% | 2,270 | 2 | |
| Marco Rubio | 8% | 1,492 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 132 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 55 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.3% | 58 | 0 | |
| Totals | 18,627 | 23 | ||
| Source: The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Maine was expected to have 23 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, six were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's two congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10% of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's district delegates.[19][20]
Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 10% of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[19][20]
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Politics1.com, "Maine," archived December 31, 2015
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2016 Election Results," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Maine Secretary of State, "List of Candidates who have filed for the June 14, 2016 Primary Election," accessed March 20, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maine Secretary of State, "Tabulations for Primary Elections held on June 14, 2016," accessed August 11, 2016
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Primary Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Non-Party Candidates," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Primary Election - June 10, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2012 Candidate List," accessed May 14, 2012
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "Tabulations for Elections held in 2012," accessed March 19, 2014
- ↑ Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Official 2010 Election Results," accessed February 18, 2014
- ↑ Official Maine Election Results, 2010
- ↑ Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Official 2008 State House Election Results," accessed February 18, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money's report on Crafts' 2008 campaign contributions
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dale Crafts' 2020 campaign website, “Priorities,” accessed October 14, 2020
- ↑ ME GOP, "Master List: National Convention Delegates and Delegate Alternates," April 24, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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| Preceded by - |
Maine House of Representatives District 56 2008–2016 |
Succeeded by Gina Mason (R) |
