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Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (June 14 Democratic primary)

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Maine's 2nd Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: March 15, 2022
Primary: June 14, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Maine
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): R+6
Cook Political Report: Toss-up
Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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U.S. Congress elections, 2022
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U.S. House elections, 2022

A Democratic Party primary took place on June 14, 2022, in Maine's 2nd Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.

Incumbent Jared Golden advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maine District 2.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 15, 2022
June 14, 2022
November 8, 2022


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.[1][2]

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

This page focuses on Maine's 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

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 .

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 25,684
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Maine in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maine, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Maine U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 1,000 N/A 3/15/2022 Source
Maine U.S. House Unaffiliated 2,000 N/A 6/1/2022 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
  • Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Maine District 2
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Maine District 2
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.


Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Maine after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[3] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[4]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Maine
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Maine's 1st 60.0% 37.2% 60.1% 37.0%
Maine's 2nd 45.5% 51.6% 44.8% 52.3%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Maine.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Maine in 2022. Information below was calculated on March 29, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

In 2022, five candidates filed to run for Maine's two U.S. House districts, including three Republicans and two Democrats. That's 2.5 candidates per seat, down from 3.0 candidates per seat in 2020 and 5.0 per seat in 2018.

This was the first candidate filing deadline to take place under new district lines adopted during Maine's decennial redistricting process. Maine was apportioned two seats, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.

Both incumbents—Reps. Chellie Pingree (D) and Jared Golden (D)—filed for re-election. The last time a U.S. House district in Maine was left open was in 2014 when Rep. Mike Michaud (D) ran for governor rather than for re-election in the 2nd District. Neither Pingree nor Golden drew any primary challengers; the three other candidates who filed for U.S. House were all Republicans.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+6. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Maine's 2nd the 187th most Republican district nationally.[5]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Maine's 2nd based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
45.5% 51.6%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Maine, 2020

Maine presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 11 Democratic wins
  • 20 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D R R R R R D D D D D D D D


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Maine and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Maine
Maine United States
Population 1,362,359 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 30,844 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 93.7% 70.4%
Black/African American 1.4% 12.6%
Asian 1.1% 5.6%
Native American 0.7% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 0.4% 5.1%
Multiple 2.8% 5.2%
Hispanic/Latino 1.7% 18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 93.2% 88.5%
College graduation rate 32.5% 32.9%
Income
Median household income $59,489 $64,994
Persons below poverty level 11.1% 12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Maine's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maine, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 2 2
Republican 1 0 1
Independent 1 0 1
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 2 4

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Maine's top three state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Maine, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Janet T. Mills
Secretary of State Democratic Party Shenna Bellows
Attorney General Democratic Party Aaron Frey

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Maine State Legislature as of November 2022.

Maine State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 22
     Republican Party 13
     Vacancies 0
Total 35

Maine House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 77
     Republican Party 63
     Independent 2
     Independent for Maine Party 1
     Libertarian Party 0
     Vacancies 8
Total 151

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Maine was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Maine Party Control: 1992-2022
Twelve years of Democratic trifectas  •  Two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

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
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
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
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

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed June 12, 2024
  2. ↑ Main Legislature Revised Statutes, "§341. Unenrolled voter participation in primary elections allowed," accessed June 12, 2024
  3. ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  4. ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  5. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023


Maine's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Susan Collins (R)
Angus King (I)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
Democratic Party (2)
Republican Party (1)
Independent (1)


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