Michael Wakefield
Michael Wakefield was a 2015 Green Independent special election candidate for District 23 of the Maine House of Representatives.[1]
Wakefield was a 2014 Green Party candidate for District 23 of the Maine House of Representatives.[2]
Elections
2015
A special election for the position of Maine House of Representatives District 23 was called for November 3. Candidates were nominated by political parties rather than chosen in primaries and had until September 14 to nominate their candidates.[3]
The seat was vacant following Michael Shaw's (D) resignation on August 21, 2015.[4]
Lester Ordway (R) defeated Lynn Olson (D), Philip Pomerleau (I), Michael Wakefield (Green-Independent) and Christopher N. Finley (write-in) in the special election.[1][5]]]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 23, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Lester Ordway |
40.3% | 629 | |
| Democratic | Lynn Olson | 31.8% | 496 | |
| Independent | Philip Pomerleau | 22.1% | 344 | |
| Green Independent | Michael Wakefield | 4.6% | 71 | |
| Other | Others | 0.7% | 11 | |
| Other | Blank | 0.6% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 1,560 | |||
2014
Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the primary election was April 28, 2014, and the deadline for non-party candidates to run in the general election was June 2, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014. District 102 incumbent Michael Shaw was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Lester Ordway was unopposed in the Republican primary. Shaw defeated Ordway in the general election.[6][7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michael Shaw Incumbent |
46.2% | 1,903 | |
| Republican | Lester Ordway | 41.5% | 1,708 | |
| Green | Michael Wakefield | 7.7% | 318 | |
| None | Blank Votes | 4.6% | 188 | |
| Total Votes | 4,117 | |||
2012
Wakefield ran in the 2012 election for Maine House of Representatives District 102. Wakefield ran unopposed in the June 12 Green primary and was defeated by Michael Shaw (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michael Shaw Incumbent |
52.1% | 2,301 | |
| Republican | Todd Delaney | 35% | 1,546 | |
| Green | Michael Wakefield | 13% | 573 | |
| Total Votes | 4,420 | |||
2010
Wakefield's opponent in the November 2 general election was Democratic incumbent Michael Shaw (Maine) and Republican candidate Todd Delaney. Shaw defeated Delaney and Wakefield in the November 2 general election.[11]
Personal
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Wakefield and his wife, Tina Lee, have one child.[12]
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See also
- Maine House of Representatives
- Maine House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Maine State Legislature
- State legislative special elections, 2015
- Maine House of Representatives District 23
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maine Secretary of State, "November 3, 2015 Special Election for State Representative District 23," accessed September 15, 2015
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Candidate List," April 4, 2014
- ↑ Maine Legislature, "Vacancy in House District 23," accessed August 31, 2015
- ↑ keepmecurrent.com, "Moving away, Shaw resigns House seat," accessed August 21, 2015
- ↑ WMTW, "Get Latest Maine Election Results," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Primary Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Non-Party Candidates," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Primary Election - June 10, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List," accessed May 13, 2012
- ↑ Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Official 2010 Election Results," accessed February 18, 2014
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed June 2, 2014
