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2024

Democratic Party primaries, 2026

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Primary Date
June 9, 2026

Federal elections
Democratic primaries for U.S. House

State party
Democratic Party of Maine
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that will take place in Maine on June 9, 2026.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Maine utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which both registered party members and unaffiliated voters may participate. Unaffiliated voters may vote in one partisan primary of their choosing in each election. Affiliated voters must change enrollment at least 15 days prior to the primary to vote in a different party's primary.[1][2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Maine, 2026 (June 9 Democratic primary)

A Democratic Party primary takes place on June 9, 2026, in Maine to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maine

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maine on June 9, 2026.


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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Maine, 2026 (June 9 Democratic primaries)
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Maine are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect two candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's two U.S. House districts. The primary is June 9, 2026. The filing deadline is March 16, 2026. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 2

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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Did not make the ballot:
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State elections

State Senate

See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2026
Elections for the Maine State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is June 9, 2026. The filing deadline is March 16, 2026. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Maine State Senate elections, 2026

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Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Vaughn McLaughlin


District 2


Harold Stewart (i)

District 3


Danny Costain
Joel Stetkis

District 4


Joseph Guerin
Chad Perkins
Gregory Pierce
Zachary Wood

Did not make the ballot:
Paul T. Davis 

District 5

Robert Sullebarger

Elizabeth Caruso
Lance Harvell

Did not make the ballot:
Douglas Thomas 

District 6


Kenneth Davis

District 7

Nicole Grohoski (i)


District 8

Mike Tipping (i)

Leo C. Kenney

District 9

Amy Roeder


District 10


David G. Haggan (i)

District 11

Glenn Curry (i)

Ryan Otis

District 12

Ann Matlack


District 13

Cameron Reny (i)


District 14

Craig Hickman (i)


District 15


Kati McCormick

District 16


Scott Cyrway (i)

District 17


Richard Mason
Joshua Morris

District 18

Elizabeth Bosworth

John Andrews

District 19

Peter Southam

Joseph E. Martin (i)

District 20

Michael Scott

Bruce Bickford (i)

District 21

Mana Abdi
Shanna Cox


District 22

Nathan Burnett

Kimberly Pomerleau

District 23

Matthea Daughtry (i)

Bernard Porter

District 24

Denise Tepler (i)


District 25

Teresa Pierce (i)


District 26

Timothy Nangle (i)

Kenneth J. Cianchette
Peter Violette

District 27

Jill Duson (i)


District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31

Donna Bailey (i)


District 32

Henry Ingwersen (i)

John Salamone
Alfred Schutz

District 33


Matthew Harrington (i)

District 34

Daniel Sayre

Jonathan Fallon

District 35

Michele Meyer
Deane Rykerson

Julie N. Rakic


House of Representatives

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2026
Elections for the Maine House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is June 9, 2026. The filing deadline is March 16, 2026. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Maine House of Representatives elections, 2026

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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  • The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1


Lucien Daigle (i)

District 2
District 3


Mark Babin (i)

District 4


Timothy Guerrette (i)

District 5


Douglas Carlisle

District 6
District 7


Jantzen Craine  Candidate Connection

District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17


Steven Bishop (i)

District 18


Mathew McIntyre (i)

District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27


David Giles

District 28
District 29
District 30


James White (i)

District 31


Andrew Torbett

District 32


Shawn Lancaster

District 33


Kenneth Fredette (i)

District 34


Stacey Guerin

District 35


James Thorne (i)

District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39


Michael Nicholson

District 40
District 41

Joshua Gerritsen
Marcus Mrowka  Candidate Connection


District 42
District 43

Peter Jenks


District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49


Nicolas Hamlin  Candidate Connection

District 50
District 51
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58



Did not make the ballot:
Nicholas Alexander 

District 59
District 60
District 61


Alicia Collins (i)

District 62


Katrina Smith (i)

District 63


Paul Flynn (i)

District 64


Shawn Packard

District 65
District 66
District 67

Matthew Townsend

Shawn Dixon

District 68
District 69
District 70
District 71
District 72


Douglas Thomas

District 73
District 74
District 75


Randall Gauvin

District 76
District 77
District 78
District 79


Michael Lance (i)

District 80
District 81
District 82

Chris Lewey

Caleb Ness

District 83
District 84
District 85


Adrienne Paul

District 86
District 87


David Boyer (i)

District 88

Corey Bouchard  Candidate Connection

Quentin Chapman (i)

District 89

Adam Lee (i)


District 90



Did not make the ballot:
Laurel Libby (i)

District 91
District 92
District 93
District 94

Scott Harriman (i)
Kiernan Majerus-Collins


District 95
District 96
District 97
District 98
District 99
District 100
District 101
District 102
District 103
District 104
District 105
District 106
District 107


Mark Cooper (i)

District 108
District 109
District 110
District 111
District 112
District 113
District 114
District 115
District 116
District 117
District 118
District 119
District 120
District 121
District 122
District 123
District 124
District 125
District 126
District 127
District 128
District 129
District 130
District 131
District 132

Ryan Fecteau (i)


District 133

Marc Malon (i)


District 134
District 135
District 136
District 137

Charles Tilburg


District 138
District 139


Jamie Newton

District 140


Wayne Parry (i)

District 141


Marc Boisse

District 142
District 143


Eric Small

District 144
District 145
District 146
District 147
District 148
District 149
District 150

Alexandros Orestis

Mark Zimmer

District 151


State executive offices

See also: Maine state executive official elections, 2026

One state executive office is up for election in Maine in 2026:

Governor


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Governor of Maine

Democratic primary candidates

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Maine

Election information in Maine: June 9, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: June 9, 2026
  • By mail: Received by May 19, 2026
  • Online: May 19, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: June 4, 2026
  • By mail: Received by June 4, 2026
  • Online: June 4, 2026

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: June 9, 2026
  • By mail: Received by June 9, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

May 10, 2026 to June 4, 2026

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

Varies - 8:00 p.m. (ET)


Context of the 2026 elections

Maine Party Control: 1992-2026
Sixteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  Two years of Republican trifectas
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Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Governor R R R I I I I I I I I D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D R R D D D D S S D D D D D D D D R R D D R R R R D D D D D D D D
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

State party overview

Democratic Party of Maine

See also: Democratic Party of Maine

Maine has a Democratic state government trifecta. A trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and majorities in both state legislative chambers. As of February 27, 2026, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.

In the 2020 election, Republicans had a net gain of two trifectas and two states under divided government became trifectas. Prior to that election, Maine had a Democratic trifecta. There were 21 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 14 divided governments.



State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Eight of 16 Maine counties—50 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Androscoggin County, Maine 9.38% 12.78% 15.22%
Aroostook County, Maine 17.19% 7.62% 9.58%
Franklin County, Maine 5.47% 18.41% 20.29%
Kennebec County, Maine 3.58% 13.46% 14.78%
Oxford County, Maine 12.94% 14.73% 16.04%
Penobscot County, Maine 10.91% 2.93% 5.12%
Somerset County, Maine 22.67% 1.68% 5.70%
Washington County, Maine 18.44% 1.60% 1.01%

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Maine with 47.8 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.9 percent. In 2016, Maine had four electoral votes. Maine's share of electoral votes represented 0.7 percent of the 538 electoral votes up for grabs in the general election and 1.5 percent of the 270 votes needed to be elected president. Maine awards its electoral votes by congressional district and the popular vote. It has two electoral votes for the statewide vote and one for each of its two congressional districts. In presidential elections between 1820 and 2016, Maine voted Republican 67.3 percent of the time and Democratic 32.6 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Maine voted Democratic all five times.[4]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Maine. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[5][6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 129 out of 151 state House districts in Maine with an average margin of victory of 19.2 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 69 out of 151 state House districts in Maine with an average margin of victory of 23.7 points. Clinton won nine districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 22 out of 151 state House districts in Maine with an average margin of victory of 8.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 82 out of 151 state House districts in Maine with an average margin of victory of 16 points. Trump won 17 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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