Maine elections, 2026

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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Maine, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.

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Election dates

See also: Maine election calendar

Statewide election dates in Maine are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see the statewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

June 9, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Below is a list of Maine elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2026. Click the links to learn more about each type:

Maine elections, 2026
Office	Elections?	More information
U.S. Senate	✓	Click here
U.S. House	✓	Click here
Congress special election	—	—
Governor	✓	Click here
Other state executive	✓	Click here
State Senate	✓	Click here
State House	✓	Click here
Special state legislative	✓	Click here
State Supreme Court	—	—
Intermediate appellate courts	—	—
School boards	—	—
Municipal government	—	—
Recalls	—	—
Ballot measures	—	—
Local ballot measures	—	—
All local elections by county

Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
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Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026

What's on your ballot?

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List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Maine. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Please click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Susan Collins Incumbent	U.S. Senate Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Carmen Calabrese	U.S. Senate Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Bill Clarke	U.S. Senate Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Daniel Smeriglio	U.S. Senate Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Natasha Alcala	U.S. Senate Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
David Costello	U.S. Senate Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Tucker Favreau	U.S. Senate Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Andrea LaFlamme	U.S. Senate Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Janet T. Mills	U.S. Senate Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Graham Platner	U.S. Senate Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Daira Rodriguez	U.S. Senate Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
David Evans	U.S. Senate Maine	Independent	Candidacy Declared
Timothy Rich	U.S. Senate Maine	Unenrolled	Candidacy Declared Round 1
Chellie Pingree Incumbent	U.S. House Maine District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Joshua James Duprey	U.S. House Maine District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Andrew Piantidosi	U.S. House Maine District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Joshua Pietrowicz	U.S. House Maine District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Ronald C. Russell	U.S. House Maine District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Tiffany Roberts	U.S. House Maine District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
James Clark	U.S. House Maine District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Paul LePage	U.S. House Maine District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared
Joe Baldacci	U.S. House Maine District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Matthew Dunlap	U.S. House Maine District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Paige Loud	U.S. House Maine District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared
Jordan Wood	U.S. House Maine District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared

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State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Jonathan Bush	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Ken A. Capron	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Bobby Charles	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
David Foster	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
David Jones	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
James Libby	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Garrett Mason	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Owen McCarthy	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Ben Midgley	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Steven Sheppard	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Robert J. Wessels	Governor of Maine	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Shenna Bellows	Governor of Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Jason Cherry	Governor of Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kenneth Forrest Pinet	Governor of Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Troy Dale Jackson	Governor of Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Angus King III	Governor of Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Hannah Pingree	Governor of Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Nirav Shah	Governor of Maine	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Richard Bennett	Governor of Maine	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
W. Edward Crockett	Governor of Maine	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
John Glowa	Governor of Maine	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Derek Levasseur	Governor of Maine	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Alexander Murchison	Governor of Maine	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Vaughn McLaughlin	Maine State Senate District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Harold Stewart Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Danny Costain	Maine State Senate District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Joel Stetkis	Maine State Senate District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Joseph Guerin	Maine State Senate District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Chad Perkins	Maine State Senate District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Gregory Pierce	Maine State Senate District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Zachary Wood	Maine State Senate District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Elizabeth Caruso	Maine State Senate District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Lance Harvell	Maine State Senate District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Robert Sullebarger	Maine State Senate District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kenneth Davis	Maine State Senate District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Nicole Grohoski Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Mike Tipping Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Leo C. Kenney	Maine State Senate District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Amy Roeder	Maine State Senate District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
David G. Haggan Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Glenn Curry Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Ryan Otis	Maine State Senate District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Ann Matlack	Maine State Senate District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Nicole Kalloch	Maine State Senate District 12	Unenrolled	Candidacy Declared General
Cameron Reny Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Edwin Mitchell	Maine State Senate District 13	Unenrolled	Candidacy Declared General
Craig Hickman Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 14	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kati McCormick	Maine State Senate District 15	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Scott Cyrway Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 16	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Richard Mason	Maine State Senate District 17	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Joshua Morris	Maine State Senate District 17	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
John Andrews	Maine State Senate District 18	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Elizabeth Bosworth	Maine State Senate District 18	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Joseph E. Martin Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 19	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Peter Southam	Maine State Senate District 19	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Bruce Bickford Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 20	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Scott	Maine State Senate District 20	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Mana Abdi	Maine State Senate District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Round 1
Shanna Cox	Maine State Senate District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kimberly Pomerleau	Maine State Senate District 22	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Nathan Burnett	Maine State Senate District 22	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Matthea Daughtry Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 23	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Bernard Porter	Maine State Senate District 23	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Denise Tepler Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 24	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Teresa Pierce Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 25	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Timothy Nangle Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 26	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Peter Violette	Maine State Senate District 26	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Jill Duson Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 27	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Donna Bailey Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 31	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Lauren Grenier	Maine State Senate District 31	Unenrolled	Candidacy Declared General
Henry Ingwersen Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 32	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
John Salamone	Maine State Senate District 32	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Alfred Schutz	Maine State Senate District 32	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Jason Litalien	Maine State Senate District 32	Unenrolled	Candidacy Declared General
Matthew Harrington Incumbent	Maine State Senate District 33	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Jonathan Fallon	Maine State Senate District 34	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Daniel Sayre	Maine State Senate District 34	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Paul Bennett	Maine State Senate District 34	Unenrolled	Candidacy Declared General
Julie N. Rakic	Maine State Senate District 35	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Michele Meyer	Maine State Senate District 35	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Deane Rykerson	Maine State Senate District 35	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Mark Babin Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Timothy Guerrette Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Douglas Carlisle	Maine House of Representatives District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Jantzen Craine	Maine House of Representatives District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Gary Runnells	Maine House of Representatives District 16	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Steven Bishop Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 17	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Mathew McIntyre Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 18	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
David Giles	Maine House of Representatives District 27	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
James White Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 30	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Andrew Torbett	Maine House of Representatives District 31	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Shawn Lancaster	Maine House of Representatives District 32	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Kenneth Fredette Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 33	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Stacey Guerin	Maine House of Representatives District 34	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
James Thorne Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 35	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Nicholson	Maine House of Representatives District 39	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Joshua Gerritsen	Maine House of Representatives District 41	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Peter Jenks	Maine House of Representatives District 43	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Nicolas Hamlin	Maine House of Representatives District 49	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Sharon Frost Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 58	Unenrolled	Candidacy Declared General
Alicia Collins Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 61	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Katrina Smith Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 62	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Paul Flynn Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 63	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Shawn Packard	Maine House of Representatives District 64	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Shawn Dixon	Maine House of Representatives District 67	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Matthew Townsend	Maine House of Representatives District 67	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Douglas Thomas	Maine House of Representatives District 72	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Randall Gauvin	Maine House of Representatives District 75	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Lance Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 79	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Caleb Ness	Maine House of Representatives District 82	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Chris Lewey	Maine House of Representatives District 82	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Adrienne Paul	Maine House of Representatives District 85	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
David Boyer Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 87	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Quentin Chapman Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 88	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Corey Bouchard	Maine House of Representatives District 88	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Adam Lee Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 89	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Janet Beaudoin	Maine House of Representatives District 94 (Special election)	Republican	On the Ballot General
Scott Harriman	Maine House of Representatives District 94 (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot General
Scott Harriman	Maine House of Representatives District 94	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kiernan Majerus-Collins	Maine House of Representatives District 94	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Mark Cooper Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 107	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Ryan Fecteau Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 132	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Marc Malon Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 133	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Allen Daggett	Maine House of Representatives District 134	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Charles Tilburg	Maine House of Representatives District 137	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Jamie Newton	Maine House of Representatives District 139	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Wayne Parry Incumbent	Maine House of Representatives District 140	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Marc Boisse	Maine House of Representatives District 141	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
David Mongeau	Maine House of Representatives District 141	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Eric Small	Maine House of Representatives District 143	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Mark Zimmer	Maine House of Representatives District 150	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Alexandros Orestis	Maine House of Representatives District 150	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General

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