John Glowa

John Glowa

Independent

Candidate, Governor of Maine

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November 3, 2026

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John Glowa (independent) is running for election for Governor of Maine. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.^[source]

Glowa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2026

See also: Maine gubernatorial election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Governor of Maine

The following candidates are running in the general election for Governor of Maine on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Shenna Bellows (D)
		Jason Cherry (D)
		Kenneth Forrest Pinet (D)
		Troy Dale Jackson (D)
		Angus King III (D)
		Hannah Pingree (D)
	Submit photo	Nirav Shah (D)
	Submit photo	Jonathan Bush (R)
	Submit photo	Ken A. Capron (R)
		Bobby Charles (R)
		David Jones (R)
		James Libby (R)
		Owen McCarthy (R)
	Submit photo	Ben Midgley (R)
		Steven Sheppard (R)
		Robert J. Wessels (R)
		Richard Bennett (Independent)
		W. Edward Crockett (Independent)
		John Glowa (Independent)
		Alexander Murchison (Independent)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Maria Aguilo (R)

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2022

See also: Maine gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Maine

Incumbent Janet T. Mills defeated Paul LePage and Sam Hunkler in the general election for Governor of Maine on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Janet T. Mills (D)	55.7	376,934
		Paul LePage (R)	42.4	287,304
		Sam Hunkler (Independent)	1.9	12,581

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 676,819
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Governor of Maine

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Janet T. Mills in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔		Janet T. Mills	100	69,422	0	Advanced (1)

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,422
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Glowa (D)

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Governor of Maine

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Paul LePage in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔		Paul LePage	100	59,713	0	Advanced (1)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,713
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2018

See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maine State Senate District 15

Matthew Pouliot defeated Kellie Julia in the general election for Maine State Senate District 15 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matthew Pouliot (R)	56.9	9,497
	Submit photo	Kellie Julia (D)	43.1	7,197

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,694 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maine State Senate District 15

Kellie Julia defeated John Glowa in the Democratic primary for Maine State Senate District 15 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kellie Julia	51.9	1,458
		John Glowa	48.1	1,351

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,809
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maine State Senate District 15

Matthew Pouliot advanced from the Republican primary for Maine State Senate District 15 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matthew Pouliot	100.0	2,545

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,545
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2016

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 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.

Incumbent Timothy Theriault defeated John Glowa in the Maine House of Representatives District 79 general election.

Maine House of Representatives, District 79 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Timothy Theriault Incumbent	62.47%	2,940
	Democratic	John Glowa	37.53%	1,766
Total Votes				4,706
Source: Maine Secretary of State

John Glowa ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 79 Democratic primary.

Maine House of Representatives, District 79 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	John Glowa  (unopposed)

Incumbent Timothy Theriault ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 79 Republican primary.

Maine House of Representatives, District 79 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Timothy Theriault Incumbent (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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John Glowa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Glowa's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Maine's government is both rigged and corrupt. Its actions and inactions are the cause of most of our societal problems. It is the product of two centuries of partisan politics that continues to put the parties and the favored special interests above the public interest. We will never solve our problems unless we solve our problems with the government. We must reform "the system". My plan is to appoint an apolitical panel of government experts to review Maine's constitution, laws, rules, and policies. This will include much public input and will continue during my entire term of office. The panel will recommend changes as appropriate. The result will hopefully be a much more democratic government.
• Maine's government is both grossly inefficient and ineffective. This likely results in untold millions of dollars wasted and misspent with little or no accountability. Maine's executive branch must be operated as efficiently and effectively as possible. I will institute a process of continuous improvement by creating an independent team of auditors who will continuously audit every aspect of the executive branch, e.g. all programs, etc. to determine whether or not they are functioning as required. At present, there is no such function which is desperately needed. The feedback is then used to make necessary changes and improvements. I will also advocate for a progressive tax structure to help fund necessary expenditures.
• As governor, I will put people first. As an independent, I will not be beholden to any political party and I will do my best to bridge the ideological divide that is destroying our state and our nation. We must take care of and protect those who need help the most-our homeless, our elderly, our poor, our hungry, our mentally ill, those addicted to drugs, our abused and neglected children, the LGBTQ+ community, etc. I will hold weekly town halls and I intend to truly be the peoples' governor. I will strongly support our public education system. I will support our state employees by being an ally rather than an adversary. I will support tribal sovereignty, people of color and our immigrant community.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am personally passionate about Maine's fish and wildlife management which values politics over the resource. I am personally passionate about Maine's failure to adequately protect children from abuse and neglect. I am personally passionate about a government that puts politics over people. I am personally passionate about the homeless and the utter failure of government in this regard. I am personally passionate about the hungry who have to literally beg for food and a food system that relies on volunteers. I am personally passionate about the mistreatment of state employees as second-class citizens with their first amendment rights to free speech stripped and the unconstitutional prohibition of running for state office.

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2022

John Glowa did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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