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Eleanor Espling
Eleanor Espling (Republican Party) was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 65. Espling assumed office in 2010. Espling left office on December 4, 2018.
Espling (Republican Party) ran for election to the Maine State Senate to represent District 20. Espling lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Espling is a former Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 65 from 2010 to 2018. Espling served as assistant minority floor leader from 2014 to 2018. Espling was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Maine House of Representatives because of term limits.
Biography
Espling attended the University of Southern Maine, where she graduated with an associate degree in business administration. Espling is a member of the Maine House of Representatives and was elected in April 2016 to serve a four-year term as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Maine.[1][2] Espling and her husband, Steve, have four children.
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Rules and Business of the House |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Espling, as Assistant Minority Leader, did not serve on a committee.
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Espling 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, Espling served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2011 |
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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
2018
- See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Maine State Senate District 20
Ned Claxton defeated Eleanor Espling in the general election for Maine State Senate District 20 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ned Claxton (D) | 50.7 | 8,993 | |
 | Eleanor Espling (R) | 49.3 | 8,758 | |
| Total votes: 17,751 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maine State Senate District 20
Ned Claxton advanced from the Democratic primary for Maine State Senate District 20 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ned Claxton | 100.0 | 2,587 | |
| Total votes: 2,587 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maine State Senate District 20
Eleanor Espling advanced from the Republican primary for Maine State Senate District 20 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eleanor Espling | 100.0 | 2,255 |
| Total votes: 2,255 | |||
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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.[3]
Incumbent Eleanor Espling defeated Elijah Breton in the Maine House of Representatives District 65 general election.[4]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 65 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Eleanor Espling Incumbent |
54.91% | 2,795 | |
| Democratic | Elijah Breton | 45.09% | 2,295 | |
| Total Votes | 5,090 | |||
| Source: Maine Secretary of State | ||||
Elijah Breton ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 65 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 65 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Elijah Breton (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Eleanor Espling ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 65 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 65 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Eleanor Espling Incumbent (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. Mark Stevens was unopposed in the Democratic primary. District 105 incumbent Eleanor Espling was unopposed in the Republican primary. Espling defeated Stevens in the general election.[7][8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Eleanor Espling Incumbent |
56.7% | 2,465 | |
| Democratic | Rosa Van Wie | 39.2% | 1,701 | |
| None | Blank Votes | 4.1% | 178 | |
| Total Votes | 4,344 | |||
2012
Espling won re-election in the 2012 election for Maine House of Representatives District 105. Espling ran unopposed in the June 12 Republican primary and defeated Nichole Stevens (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11][12]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Eleanor Espling Incumbent |
59.9% | 3,321 | |
| Democratic | Nichole Stevens | 40.1% | 2,223 | |
| Total Votes | 5,544 | |||
2010
Espling's opponent in the November 2 general election was Democratic incumbent David Van Wie. According to official results, Espling defeated Van Wie in the November 2 general election.[13]
| Maine House of Representatives General Election, District 105 (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Eleanor Espling (R)
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2,624 | 55% | ||
| David Van Wie (D) | 2,020 | 42%[14] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2018
In 2018, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 3 to May 2. The legislature held a special session from June 19 to September 13.
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2017
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In 2017, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 7 through July 4. The legislature reconvened on July 20. The legislature held a veto session on August 2. The legislature held its first special session on October 23. The legislature held its second special session on November 6.
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2016
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In 2016, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 6 through April 20. A one-day veto session was held on April 29.
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2015
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In 2015, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 3, 2014, through July 16, 2015.
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2014
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In 2014, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 2.
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2013
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In 2013, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 5, 2012, to July 10, 2013.
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2012
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In 2012, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 4 through April 14, in recess from April 14 through May 13, and adjourned May 31.
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Eleanor Espling | |
| 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 | |
Espling was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Maine.[15] 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 Espling 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.[16]
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.[17][18]
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.[17][18]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Maine State Senate elections, 2018
- Maine State Senate
- Maine State Legislature
- Maine House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Joint Committees
- Maine state legislative districts
- Republican Party of Maine
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Campaign contributions: 2012, 2010
- Republican Party of Maine
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Phone interview with Maine Republican Party staff," April 25, 2016
- ↑ Maine House Republicans, "Rep. Ellie Espling," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ Politics1.com, "Maine," archived December 31, 2015
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2016 Election Results," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maine Secretary of State, "List of Candidates who have filed for the June 14, 2016 Primary Election," accessed March 20, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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| Preceded by David Van Wie (D) |
Maine House of Representatives District 105 2010–2018 |
Succeeded by NA |
