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Elections in Maine |
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Portland, Maine, held an election for mayor on November 5, 2019. [1] It was the third election to be held since Portland voters approved a citywide referendum changing the city charter to recreate an elected mayor position in 2010. [2]
Kate Snyder, the newly citizen-elected mayor, won a four-year term in the full-time position, and will exercise the powers and duties enumerated in Article II Section 5 of the Portland City Charter. [3] She was elected using ranked choice voting. [4] With rest of the elected municipal government in Portland, the post is officially non-partisan. [5] Incumbent Mayor Ethan Strimling running for re-election, [6] was challenged by city councilor Spencer Thibodeau, former Portland School Board Chair Kate Snyder and East End resident Travis Curran. [7]
Every candidate running for mayor in the heavily Democratic city was a registered member of the Maine Democratic Party.
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Travis Curran | Kate Snyder | Ethan Strimling | Spencer Thibodeau |
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Change Research [27] | October 4–6, 2019 | 347 | ±5% | 5% | 24% | 29% | 29% |
The official election results were: [28]
Portland, Maine mayoral election, 2019 | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||
Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | |||
Non-partisan | Kate Snyder | 7,119 | 39.33% | + 458 | 7,577 | 42.08% | + 2,883 | 10,460 | 61.89% | |
Non-partisan | Spencer Thibodeau | 5,110 | 28.23% | + 164 | 5,274 | 29.29% | + 1,168 | 6,442 | 38.11% | |
Non-partisan | Ethan Strimling | 4,575 | 25.28% | + 580 | 5,155 | 28.63% | - 5,155 | Eliminated | ||
Non-partisan | Travis Curran | 1,296 | 7.16% | - 1,296 | Eliminated | |||||
Total votes | 16,902 | 100.0% |
City Councilors Justin Costa, Belinda Ray and Spencer Thibodeau have already made announcements.
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