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2020

Republican Party primaries, 2022

Maine Republican Party.png

Primary Date
June 14, 2022

Federal elections
Republican primaries for U.S. House

State party
Republican Party of Maine
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Maine on June 14, 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.

Federal elections

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Maine, 2022 (June 14 Republican primaries)
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Maine were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected two candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's two U.S. House districts. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Republican Party Republican primary candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 2

Republican Party Republican primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:
Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

State elections

State Senate

See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2022
The Maine State Senate was one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2020, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Maine State Senate elections, 2022

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngTroy Dale Jackson (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Y. Bernard

District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngLaura Farnsworth

Green check mark transparent.pngHarold Stewart (i)

District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngShawn Bean

Green check mark transparent.pngBradlee Farrin (i)

District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngAndrea Thurlow

Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Guerin (i)

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngStanley Wheeler

Green check mark transparent.pngRussell Black (i)

District 6

Green check mark transparent.pngJonathan C. Goble

Green check mark transparent.pngMarianne Moore (i)

District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngNicole Grohoski (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Langley

District 8

Abe Furth
Green check mark transparent.pngMike Tipping

Green check mark transparent.pngEric Rojo  Candidate Connection
Grace Ann Tibbetts

District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Baldacci (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJames Plowman

District 10

Green check mark transparent.pngRalph Cammack

Robert Cross
Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Lyford

District 11

Green check mark transparent.pngGlenn Curry (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngMaryAnne Kinney

District 12

Green check mark transparent.pngAnne Beebe-Center

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Rocknak  Candidate Connection

District 13

David Levesque
Green check mark transparent.pngCameron Reny

Green check mark transparent.pngAbden Simmons

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngCraig Hickman (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJeffery Hanley

District 15

Green check mark transparent.pngStorme St. Valle

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Pouliot (i)

District 16

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid LaFountain

Mark Andre
Kevin Kitchin
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael D. Perkins

District 17

Green check mark transparent.pngJo-Jean Keller

Green check mark transparent.pngJeffrey Timberlake (i)

District 18

Green check mark transparent.pngColin O'Neill

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Bennett (i)

District 19

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Carter

Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Keim (i)

District 20

Green check mark transparent.pngBettyann W. Sheats  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngEric Brakey

District 21

Green check mark transparent.pngMargaret Rotundo

Green check mark transparent.pngRicky LaChapelle  Candidate Connection

District 22

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael McKinney  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJames Libby

Did not make the ballot:
Nathan Wadsworth 

District 23

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthea Daughtry (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngBrogan Teel

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngEloise Vitelli (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Brackley  Candidate Connection

District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngTeresa Pierce

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer White

District 26

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Nangle

Green check mark transparent.pngGary Plummer

District 27

Ken A. Capron
Green check mark transparent.pngJill Duson

Green check mark transparent.pngJeffrey Tounge

District 28

Green check mark transparent.pngBenjamin Chipman (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan McMann

District 29

Green check mark transparent.pngAnne Carney (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Lewis

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngStacy Brenner (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Thorsen

District 31

Green check mark transparent.pngDonna Bailey (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngSharri MacDonald

District 32

Green check mark transparent.pngHenry Ingwersen

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Corbett

District 33

Green check mark transparent.pngKendra Williams  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Harrington

District 34

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Rafferty (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngBradley Ducharme

District 35

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Lawrence (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJulie N. Rakic  Candidate Connection


House of Representatives

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022
The Maine House of Representatives was one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2020, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngToby Jandreau

Green check mark transparent.pngAustin Theriault

District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngBernard Paradis

Green check mark transparent.pngRoger Albert

District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid McCrea (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Babin

District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngJordyn Rossignol

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Guerrette

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Freeman

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Underwood (i)

District 6

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Ardell

District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Carpenter

Green check mark transparent.pngGregory Swallow

District 8

Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Ritchie  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngTracy Quint (i)

District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngAnne Perry (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Chambers

District 10

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngKenneth Davis

District 11

Green check mark transparent.pngRoland Rogers

Kendall Alley
Green check mark transparent.pngTiffany Strout

District 12

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngBilly Bob Faulkingham (i)

District 13

Green check mark transparent.pngBarbara Reeve

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Linnehan

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngLynne Williams (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Coston
Duncan Haass

District 15

Green check mark transparent.pngHolly Eaton

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Joyce

District 16

Green check mark transparent.pngNina Milliken

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Hanrahan

District 17

Green check mark transparent.pngPamela Person

Green check mark transparent.pngSherman Hutchins (i)

District 18

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Throckmorton

Green check mark transparent.pngMeldon Carmichael (i)

District 19

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Campbell

District 20

Green check mark transparent.pngKevin O'Connell (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Morin

District 21

Green check mark transparent.pngBarbara Cardone (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 22

Green check mark transparent.pngLaura Supica (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngDouglas Damon

District 23

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Roeder (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Pece

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Perry (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRoderick Hathaway

District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngLaurie Osher (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngCameron Bowie  Candidate Connection

District 26

Green check mark transparent.pngJames Dill

Green check mark transparent.pngChristina Ouellette

District 27

Green check mark transparent.pngJulie Vaillancourt

Green check mark transparent.pngGary Drinkwater (i)

District 28

Green check mark transparent.pngNatalie DiPentino  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJeffery Gifford (i)

District 29

Green check mark transparent.pngLaurie York

Green check mark transparent.pngKathy Javner (i)

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngW. Louis Sidell

Green check mark transparent.pngJames White

District 31

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard A. Evans (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngChad Perkins

District 32

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Foster (i)

District 33

Green check mark transparent.pngDonovan Todd

Green check mark transparent.pngDanny Costain (i)

District 34

Green check mark transparent.pngFrank Roma

Green check mark transparent.pngAbigail Griffin (i)

District 35

Green check mark transparent.pngCandace Augustine

Green check mark transparent.pngJames Thorne (i)

District 36

Green check mark transparent.pngKristen Card

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid G. Haggan (i)

District 37

Green check mark transparent.pngMargaret English-Flanagan

Kevin Kelley
Green check mark transparent.pngReagan Paul

District 38

Green check mark transparent.pngRobyn Stanicki

Green check mark transparent.pngBenjamin Hymes
Jesse Waryck

Green Party

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Garrold
District 39

Green check mark transparent.pngJanice Dodge (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Hemenway

District 40

Green check mark transparent.pngStanley Zeigler (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTricia Harrington

District 41

Green check mark transparent.pngVictoria Doudera (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Butterworth

District 42

Green check mark transparent.pngValli Geiger (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRoger Tranfaglia

District 43

Green check mark transparent.pngAnn Matlack (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Sprague

District 44

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngCrystal Robinson

District 45

Green check mark transparent.pngClinton Collamore, Sr.

Green check mark transparent.pngLynn Madison

District 46

Green check mark transparent.pngLydia Crafts (i)  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMerle Parise

District 47

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngEd Polewarczyk

District 48

Green check mark transparent.pngHolly Stover (i)
Thomas Moroney

Green check mark transparent.pngTricia Warren

District 49

Green check mark transparent.pngAllison Hepler (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Tetrev

District 50

Green check mark transparent.pngSean Paulhus (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Desjardins

District 51

Green check mark transparent.pngRebecca Jauch

Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Baker

District 52

Green check mark transparent.pngSeth Berry (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 53

Green check mark transparent.pngJane Beckwith  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Lemelin (i)

District 54

Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Montell

Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Bussell

District 55

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Shagoury
Patrick Wynne

Green check mark transparent.pngPhillip Wiseman

District 56

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngRandall Greenwood (i)

District 57

Green check mark transparent.pngTavis Hasenfus (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngCorey Wilson  Candidate Connection

District 58

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Neal

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Newman (i)

District 59

Green check mark transparent.pngRaegan LaRochelle (i)

Michael Michaud
Green check mark transparent.pngJames Orr

District 60

Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Bridgeo

Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Clardy

District 61

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Davidoff

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard T. Bradstreet (i)

District 62

Green check mark transparent.pngPamela Swift  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngKatrina Smith  Candidate Connection
Jennifer Tuminaro

District 63

Green check mark transparent.pngPhillip Bloomstein

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Cyrway

District 64

Green check mark transparent.pngColleen Madigan (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRuth Malcolm

District 65

Green check mark transparent.pngBruce White (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTammy Brown

District 66

Green check mark transparent.pngAlicia Barnes  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Nutting

District 67

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Sezak

Green check mark transparent.pngShelley Rudnicki (i)

District 68

Green check mark transparent.pngStanley Short

Green check mark transparent.pngAmanda Collamore (i)

District 69

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Hale

Green check mark transparent.pngDean Cray

District 70

Green check mark transparent.pngIver Lofving

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Poirier (i)

District 71

Green check mark transparent.pngAllison Perkins  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Ducharme (i)

District 72

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngLarry Dunphy

District 73

Green check mark transparent.pngVincent House

Nancy Bessey
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Soboleski

District 74

Green check mark transparent.pngGregory Kimber

Green check mark transparent.pngRandall Hall (i)

District 75

Green check mark transparent.pngH. Scott Landry Jr. (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTiffany Estabrook

District 76

Green check mark transparent.pngTamara Hoke

Green check mark transparent.pngSheila Lyman (i)

District 77

Green check mark transparent.pngBonita Bishop

Jody Brown
Green check mark transparent.pngTammy Schmersal-Burgess

District 78

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Thurston

Green check mark transparent.pngJosanne Dolloff (i)

District 79

Green check mark transparent.pngDon Berry

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Andrews (i)
Dannie Abbott
Ryan Ricci

District 80

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngCaldwell Jackson

District 81

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Sipe  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngSawin Millett Jr. (i)

District 82

Green check mark transparent.pngNathan Burnett

Green check mark transparent.pngCaleb Ness

District 83

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngDonna Dodge
Sierra Scribner

District 84

Green check mark transparent.pngBarry Powers  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Walker

District 85

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Struebing  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngKimberly Pomerleau

District 86

Green check mark transparent.pngJessica Fay (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngGregory Foster
Karen Lockwood

District 87

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Boyer

District 88

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Shaw

Green check mark transparent.pngPatrick Munsell

District 89

Green check mark transparent.pngAdam Lee

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 90

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Dieterich

Green check mark transparent.pngLaurel Libby (i)

District 91

Green check mark transparent.pngHildie Lipson  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJoshua Morris (i)

District 92

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Thomas Martin Jr. (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Wood

District 93

Green check mark transparent.pngMargaret Craven (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert McCarthy

District 94

Green check mark transparent.pngKristen Cloutier (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJanet Beaudoin

District 95

Green check mark transparent.pngMana Abdi

Green check mark transparent.pngFred Sanborn-Silvers

District 96

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Myrand

Green check mark transparent.pngJonathan M. Connor (i)

District 97

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Gaiason

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Mason (i)

District 98

Green check mark transparent.pngOrion Breen

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Galletta
Guy Lebida

District 99

Green check mark transparent.pngCheryl Golek
Sheila Menair  (unofficially withdrew)

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Davis
Michael J. Lawler

District 100

Green check mark transparent.pngDan Ankeles  Candidate Connection
Andrew Kaleigh  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngAngela Lallier

District 101

Green check mark transparent.pngPoppy Arford (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRavi Jackson

District 102

Green check mark transparent.pngMelanie Sachs (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJames Finegan Jr.
Gina LeDuc-Kuntz

District 103

Green check mark transparent.pngArthur Bell (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Gardiner

District 104

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Arata (i)

District 105

Green check mark transparent.pngAnne Graham

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Reed

District 106

Green check mark transparent.pngJonathan Priest

Green check mark transparent.pngBarbara Bagshaw
Thomas Tyler

District 107

Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Fullam

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Hall

District 108

Green check mark transparent.pngMaureen Terry (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngStephanie Cressey

District 109

Green check mark transparent.pngJames Boyle (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Velozo

District 110

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Moriarty (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Jordan

District 111

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Kuhn

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Storms

District 112

Green check mark transparent.pngW. Edward Crockett (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTammy Ryan

District 113

Green check mark transparent.pngGrayson Lookner (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 114

Green check mark transparent.pngBenjamin Collings (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Merrill

District 115

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Brennan (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngAndrew Mahaleris

District 116

Green check mark transparent.pngSamuel Zager (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngDale Holman

District 117

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Moonen

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 118

Green check mark transparent.pngRachel Talbot Ross (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 119

Susanne Robins
Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Skold

Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Doyle

District 120

Green check mark transparent.pngVictoria Morales (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Dougherty

District 121

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Kessler (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTammy Walter  Candidate Connection

District 122

Green check mark transparent.pngLois Reckitt (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 123

Green check mark transparent.pngRebecca Millett (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngAnnie Christy

District 124

Green check mark transparent.pngSophia Warren (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Markowski

District 125

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Caiazzo (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Bolduc

District 126

Jean-Marie Caterina
Green check mark transparent.pngAndrew Gattine

Green check mark transparent.pngLeslie Smith Jr.

District 127

Green check mark transparent.pngMorgan Rielly (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Poitras  Candidate Connection

District 128

Green check mark transparent.pngSuzanne Salisbury (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Ellis  Candidate Connection

District 129

Green check mark transparent.pngMargaret O'Neil (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen DuPuis

District 130

Green check mark transparent.pngLynn Copeland (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTheodore Sirois

District 131

Green check mark transparent.pngLori Gramlich (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Eccleston

District 132

Green check mark transparent.pngErin Sheehan (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Keenan

District 133

Green check mark transparent.pngMarc Malon

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 134

Green check mark transparent.pngTraci Gere (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngElizabeth Jordan
Ronald C. Russell

District 135

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Sayre  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngTodd DiFede

District 136

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Wagner  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngHeidi Sampson (i)

District 137

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Faucher

Green check mark transparent.pngNathan Carlow (i)

District 138

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngMark Blier (i)

District 139

Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Piche

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Woodsome

District 140

Green check mark transparent.pngKirstan Watson

Green check mark transparent.pngWayne Parry (i)

District 141

Patricia Kidder
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn McAdam

Green check mark transparent.pngLucas Lanigan

District 142

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Hanslip

Green check mark transparent.pngPamela Buck

District 143

Green check mark transparent.pngWesley Davie

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Toth

District 144

Corinna Cole
Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Norwood

Green check mark transparent.pngJeffrey Adams

District 145

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Hobbs

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Roche (i)

District 146

Heath Ouellette
Green check mark transparent.pngWalter Runte Jr.

Green check mark transparent.pngBradley Moulton

District 147

Green check mark transparent.pngHolly Sargent

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Koopman

Did not make the ballot:
Paul Hopfgarten 

District 148

Green check mark transparent.pngMargaret Wheeler  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Lavigne

District 149

Green check mark transparent.pngTiffany Roberts (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Rouillard

District 150

Green check mark transparent.pngMichele Meyer (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Rumery

District 151

Green check mark transparent.pngKristi Mathieson (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngHoward Patten


State executive offices

See also: Maine state executive official elections, 2022

One state executive office was up for election in Maine in 2022:

Governor

To see a full list of candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Governor

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

Primary election competitiveness

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

This section contains information about the primary election competitiveness of election in Maine. For more information about this data, click here.


U.S. House competitiveness

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.

State executive competitiveness

State legislative competitiveness

Post-filing deadline analysis

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

Seventy-one state legislative districts up for election this year in Maine were open, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That equals 38% of the 186 districts in the Maine State Legislature.

Since no incumbents were present, newcomers to the legislature were guaranteed to win open districts. This was the most guaranteed newcomers to the Maine State Legislature since 2014.

Maine is one of 15 states that use term limits for state legislators. In both the Senate and House, legislators can serve four two-year terms for a total of eight years. In 2022, 46 legislators were term-limited: 10 in the Senate and 36 in the House. The remaining 25 open districts were caused by legislators leaving office for some other reason.

Overall, 384 major party candidates filed: 183 Democrats and 201 Republicans. That equals 2.1 candidates per district, the same as in 2020 and 2018.

In 2022, there were 33 contested primaries—12 Democratic primaries and 21 for Republicans. For Democrats, this was down from 25 in 2020, a 52% decrease. For Republicans, the number increased 133% from nine in 2020 to 21 in 2022.

Context of the 2022 elections

Maine Party Control: 1992-2025
Fifteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  Two years of Republican trifectas
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State party overview

Republican Party of Maine

See also: Republican Party of Maine

State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Republican state party affiliates.


Voter information

How the primary works

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][3]

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

Poll times

In Maine, municipalities with a population of 500 or more open their polls between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., while municipalities with a population of less than 500 open their polls between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. All polls close at 8:00 p.m. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[4]

Registration requirements

Check your voter registration status here.

To register to vote in Maine, one must be "a United States citizen, at least 16 years of age to pre-register to vote, and have established a fixed principal home in Maine. To vote in a Referendum or General Election, you must be registered in the community where you reside, and be at least 18 years of age. A 17 year old may vote in a Primary Election, if that person will be 18 by the General Election."[5]

Voters can return completed registration cards in person or by mail to their town office or city hall, any Motor Vehicle branch office, most state & federal social service agencies, or a voter registration drive. There is no deadline for voter registration if completed in person. If registering by mail or online, the deadline is 21 days prior to the election.[5] If registering through a qualified state agency, the deadlines is seven days prior to the election.[5]

When registering for the first time in Maine, voters must provide documents verifying their identity and residence. The following documents are acceptable identification for the purpose of registering to vote:

  • Government ID with a photo (i.e. driver’s license, State ID, valid U.S. Passport, military ID, ID card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe)
  • Government ID without photo (i.e. certified birth certificate or signed Social Security card)
  • Other official document showing the name and address of voter (i.e. eligibility for public benefits, utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck)
  • Student photo ID from a state-approved public or private school or institute of higher education in Maine
  • Maine driver’s license number or last four digits of Social Security Number[5]

Automatic registration

On June 19, 2019, Gov. Janet Mills signed an automatic voter registration bill into law that was scheduled for implementation in 2022. The law registers voters through the Department of Motor Vehicles.[6]

Online registration

See also: Online voter registration

Maine has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

Governor Janet T. Mills (D) signed L.D. 1126 into law on July 9, 2021, allowing online voter registration in Maine. This legislation went into effect on November 1, 2023.[7]

Same-day registration

Maine allows same-day voter registration.[5][8]

Residency requirements

To register to vote in Maine, you must be a resident of the state. State law does not specify a length of time for which you must have been a resident to be eligible.

Verification of citizenship

See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

Maine does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration. An individual must attest that they are a U.S. citizen when registering to vote.[9]

All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[10] Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.

Verifying your registration

The Maine voter information lookup service allows residents to check their voter registration status online.

Voter ID requirements

Maine does not require voters to present identification while voting. If a voter registers to vote on Election Day, he or she must provide identification and proof of residence.[11]

Early voting

Maine permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.

Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.

Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.

Absentee voting

All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Maine. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.[12][13]

Voters may submit an application for an absentee ballot beginning three months before a general election and two months before a primary. An application must be received by the third business day before the election. A returned absentee ballot must then be received by election officials by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.[12]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Eight of 16 Maine counties—50 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Androscoggin County, Maine 9.38% 12.78% 15.22%
Aroostook County, Maine 17.19% 7.62% 9.58%
Franklin County, Maine 5.47% 18.41% 20.29%
Kennebec County, Maine 3.58% 13.46% 14.78%
Oxford County, Maine 12.94% 14.73% 16.04%
Penobscot County, Maine 10.91% 2.93% 5.12%
Somerset County, Maine 22.67% 1.68% 5.70%
Washington County, Maine 18.44% 1.60% 1.01%

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Maine with 47.8 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.9 percent. In 2016, Maine had four electoral votes. Maine's share of electoral votes represented 0.7 percent of the 538 electoral votes up for grabs in the general election and 1.5 percent of the 270 votes needed to be elected president. Maine awards its electoral votes by congressional district and the popular vote. It has two electoral votes for the statewide vote and one for each of its two congressional districts. In presidential elections between 1820 and 2016, Maine voted Republican 67.3 percent of the time and Democratic 32.6 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Maine voted Democratic all five times.[14]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Maine. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[15][16]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 129 out of 151 state House districts in Maine with an average margin of victory of 19.2 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 69 out of 151 state House districts in Maine with an average margin of victory of 23.7 points. Clinton won nine districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 22 out of 151 state House districts in Maine with an average margin of victory of 8.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 82 out of 151 state House districts in Maine with an average margin of victory of 16 points. Trump won 17 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. Main Legislature Revised Statutes, "§341. Unenrolled voter participation in primary elections allowed," accessed June 12, 2024
  4. Maine Revised Statutes, "Title 21-A, Chapter 9, Section 626," accessed April 14, 2023
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "State of Maine Voter Guide," accessed April 14, 2023
  6. WMTW 8, “Maine governor signs automatic voter registration bill into law,” June 21, 2019
  7. Maine Legislature, "H.P. 804 - L.D. 1126: An Act To Update the Voter Registration Process," accessed June 8, 2023
  8. National Conference of State Legislatures, "Same Day Voter Registration," accessed January 31, 2023
  9. Department of the Secretary of State, "Maine Voter Registration Application," accessed November 1, 2024
  10. Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
  11. Maine Secretary of State, "Your Right to Vote in Maine," accessed April 15, 2023
  12. 12.0 12.1 Maine.gov, "Absentee Guide," accessed August 7, 2025
  13. Maine Legislature, "132nd Maine Legislature, First Special Session, LD 1977" accessed August 7, 2025
  14. 270towin.com, "Maine," accessed June 1, 2017
  15. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  16. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017