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Maine's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

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2022
Maine's 1st Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 15, 2024
Primary: June 11, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Maine
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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U.S. House elections, 2024

All U.S. House districts, including the 1st Congressional District of Maine, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was June 11, 2024. The filing deadline was March 15, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 62.9%-37.0%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 60.0%-37.2%.[3]

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Maine District 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Chellie Pingree in round 1 .


Total votes: 425,530
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Chellie Pingree in round 1 .


Total votes: 46,307
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ronald C. Russell in round 1 .


Total votes: 28,275
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Green primary election

Green Primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

Total votes: 228
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Candidate profiles

There were no candidate profiles created for this race. Candidate profiles would have appeared here as candidates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Maine

Election information in Maine: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 15, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 15, 2024

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

Yes

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

  • In-person: Oct. 31, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 31, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 31, 2024

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

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 6, 2024 to Oct. 31, 2024

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

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (EST)

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Chellie Pingree Democratic Party $670,959 $659,556 $415,678 As of December 31, 2024
Andrew Piantidosi Republican Party $79,435 $79,435 $0 As of November 8, 2024
Ronald C. Russell Republican Party $175,939 $161,387 $14,221 As of December 31, 2024
Nicholas Vigue Green Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Ethan Alcorn Independent $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[4]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: Maine's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Maine in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maine, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Maine U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 1,000 N/A 3/15/2024 Source
Maine U.S. House Unaffiliated 2,000 N/A 6/3/2024 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 in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

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

Maine U.S. House primary competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 2 2 0 6 4 0 2 50.0% 0 0.0%
2022 2 2 0 5 4 0 1 25.0% 0 0.0%
2020 2 2 0 6 4 0 1 25.0% 0 0.0%
2018 2 2 0 6 4 1 0 25.0% 0 0.0%
2016 2 2 0 5 4 0 1 25.0% 0 0.0%
2014 2 2 1 6 4 1 1 50.0% 0 0.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Maine in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 24, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Six candidates ran for Maine’s two U.S. House districts, including two Democrats and four Republicans. That’s 3.0 candidates per district, higher than the 2.5 candidates that ran in 2022 but the same as the 3.0 candidates who ran in 2020.

Both incumbents—Chellie Pingree (D-1st) and Jared Golden (D-2nd)—ran 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.

Three candidates—one Democrat and two Republicans—ran in the 1st Congressional District and the 2nd Congressional District, respectively.

Two primaries–both Republican—were contested in 2024, tying with 2014 for the most this decade.

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maine's 1st the 133rd most Democratic district nationally.[8]

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 1st based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
60.0% 37.2%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
57.9 38.3 D+19.7

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
See also: Party control of Maine state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Maine's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maine
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 May 2024.

State executive officials in Maine, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Janet T. Mills
Secretary of State Democratic Party Shenna Bellows
Attorney General Democratic Party Aaron Frey

State legislature

Maine State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 22
     Republican Party 13
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 35

Maine House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 80
     Republican Party 68
     Independent 1
     Independent for Maine Party 1
     Libertarian Party 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 151

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Maine Party Control: 1992-2024
Fourteen 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 23 24
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
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
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

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Maine's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Maine District 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Chellie Pingree in round 1 .


Total votes: 349,176
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Chellie Pingree in round 1 .


Total votes: 43,007
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ed Thelander in round 1 .


Total votes: 22,346
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

2020

See also: Maine's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Maine District 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Chellie Pingree in round 1 .


Total votes: 436,027
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Chellie Pingree in round 1 .


Total votes: 102,773
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jay Allen in round 1 .


Total votes: 31,124
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

2018

See also: Maine's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Maine District 1

Incumbent Chellie Pingree defeated Mark Holbrook and Martin Grohman in the general election for U.S. House Maine District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chellie Pingree
Chellie Pingree (D)
 
58.8
 
201,195
Image of Mark Holbrook
Mark Holbrook (R)
 
32.5
 
111,188
Image of Martin Grohman
Martin Grohman (Independent)
 
8.7
 
29,670

Total votes: 342,053
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

Incumbent Chellie Pingree advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maine District 1 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chellie Pingree
Chellie Pingree
 
100.0
 
74,376

Total votes: 74,376
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maine District 1

Mark Holbrook advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Maine District 1 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Holbrook
Mark Holbrook
 
100.0
 
40,679

Total votes: 40,679
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates



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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  9. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023


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