Danielle VanHelsing

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Danielle VanHelsing

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Danielle VanHelsing (independent) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Maine. She was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 3, 2020.

VanHelsing was a candidate for Maine's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House. VanHelsing withdrew before the general election scheduled for November 6, 2018.

Elections

2020

See also: United States Senate election in Maine, 2020

United States Senate election in Maine, 2020 (July 14 Democratic primary)

United States Senate election in Maine, 2020 (July 14 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Maine

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Susan Collins in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Susan Collins	51.0	417,645	0	Won (1)
		Sara Gideon	42.4	347,223	0	1
		Lisa Savage	5.0	40,579	0	1
		Max Linn	1.6	13,508	0	1
		Tiffany Bond (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Douglas Fogg (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Ian Kenton Engelman (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.0	228	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 819,183
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Linda Wooten (Independent)
• Danielle VanHelsing (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate Maine

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Sara Gideon in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Sara Gideon	71.5	116,264	0	Advanced (1)
		Betsy Sweet	22.9	37,327	0	1
		Bre Kidman	5.6	9,090	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 162,681
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jonathan Treacy (D)
• Cathleen London (D)
• Ross LaJeunesse (D)
• Michael Bunker (D)
• Christine Gates (D)

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for U.S. Senate Maine

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Susan Collins in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔		Susan Collins	98.8	87,375	0	Advanced (1)
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	1.2	1,073	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,448
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Derek Levasseur (R)

2018

See also: Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Maine District 2

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jared Golden 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.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jared Golden	50.6	142,440	10,427	Won (2)
		Bruce Poliquin	49.4	138,931	4,747	2
		Tiffany Bond	0.0	0	-16,552	1
		Will Hoar	0.0	0	-6,875	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jared Golden	45.6	132,013	0	Won (2)
		Bruce Poliquin	46.3	134,184	0	2
		Tiffany Bond	5.7	16,552	0	1
		Will Hoar	2.4	6,875	0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 289,624
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dennis O'Connor (Independent)
• Danielle VanHelsing (Independent)
• Henry John Bear (G)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for U.S. House Maine District 2

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jared Golden 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.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jared Golden	54.3	23,611	2,624	Advanced (2)
		Lucas St. Clair	45.7	19,853	2,111	2
		Craig Olson	0.0	0	-3,993	1
		Jonathan Fulford	0.0	0	-2,489	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jared Golden	46.4	20,987	0	Advanced (2)
		Lucas St. Clair	39.2	17,742	0	2
		Craig Olson	8.8	3,993	0	1
		Jonathan Fulford	5.5	2,489	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 45,211
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tim Rich (D)
• Phil Cleaves (D)

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for U.S. House Maine District 2

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Bruce Poliquin in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔		Bruce Poliquin	100	43,047	0	Advanced (1)

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 43,047
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2020

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Footnotes

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Maine's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Susan Collins (R)

Angus King (I)

Representatives

District 1

Chellie Pingree (D)

District 2

Jared Golden (D)

Democratic Party (2)

Republican Party (1)

Independent (1)