Two weeks after the Presidential Election, results are still up in the air across the state for many different positions.
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden won the ranked choice vote with 50.35% for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which election officials determined Friday through a tabulation process that took four days.
Advocates are warning that a second Trump presidency could pose threats to Maine's immigrant population based on his promises of mass deportations and increased restrictions. In Maine, which has been a destination for thousands of asylum seekers from central African countries in recent years,
Representative Jared Golden, a three-term Democrat, defeated Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver, in one of a handful of districts held by Democrats that Donald J. Trump won in 2020.
Eleven races for the Maine Legislature are being recounted, starting Friday and continuing through Nov. 25. Maine law does not require recounts, but candidates can request one. Candidates do not have to pay a deposit if the races are very close — 1% or less of the apparent margin of victory.
Maine’s ranked choice tabulation is taking place in public, narrated play-by-play by the state’s elections chief
A ranked-choice voting tabulation aimed at determining the winner of a key congressional race in Maine will continue on Thursday, with the possibility of having final results by the end of the workday or sometime on Friday,
The ranked choice vote tabulation went on for several days after neither candidate surpassed 50 percent of first-place votes on Election Day.
It is well past Election Day and there is still no winner in the race for Maine's Second Congressional District.
The ranked choice results in Maine’s Second Congressional District are expected to be finalized Friday evening.
Democrat Jared Golden wins reelection to U.S. House in Maine's 2nd Congressional District.