2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
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Both Maine seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election20
Seats won20
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote446,949349,294
Percentage54.70%42.75%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.29%Increase2.svg 0.83%
United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, 2024 results by district.svg

The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine were held on November 5, 2024, to elect both U.S. representatives from the State of Maine, one from each of the state's congressional districts. These elections coincided with five referendum questions, including a referendum to change the state flag, as well as the presidential election, a U.S. Senate election, and various other state, county and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 11, 2024.

Contents

District 1

2024 Maine's 1st congressional district election
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  Chellie Pingree official photo (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Chellie Pingree Ronald Russell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote249,798154,849
Percentage58.70%36.39%
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Results by municipality
Pingree:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Russell:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Write-in:     40–50%
Tie:     
No votes:     
U.S. Representative before election

Chellie Pingree
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Chellie Pingree
Democratic

The incumbent is Democrat Chellie Pingree, who was re-elected with 62.9% of the vote in 2022. [1]

Democratic primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 22, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Chelllie Pingree (D)$361,912$360,437$405,750
Source: Federal Election Commission [8]

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chellie Pingree (incumbent) 46,307 100.0
Total votes46,307 100.0

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Ronald Russell, defense contractor [9]

Eliminated in primary

  • Andrew Piantidosi, tech professional [10]

Endorsements

Andrew Piantidosi

Newspapers

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 22, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Andrew Piantidosi (R)$77,449 [a] $56,060$21,388
Ronald Russell (R)$54,103$44,988$9,114
Source: Federal Election Commission [8]

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ronald Russell 16,055 56.8
Republican Andrew Piantidosi12,22043.2
Total votes28,275 100.0

Independents

Declared

  • Ethan Alcorn, landscape contractor and perennial candidate [12]
  • Elias Bassile, ammunition business owner [13]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Elias Bassile (I)$1,005,102 [b] $234$1,004,867
Source: Federal Election Commission [8]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [14] Solid DOctober 31, 2023
Inside Elections [15] Solid DOctober 27, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe DOctober 26, 2023
Elections Daily [17] Safe DOctober 26, 2023
CNalysis [18] Solid DNovember 16, 2023
Decision Desk HQ [19] Solid DJune 1, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [c] 		Margin
of error		Chellie
Pingree (D)		Ronald
Russell (R)		Ethan
Alcorn (I)		OtherUndecided
University of New Hampshire [20] October 29 – November 2, 2024801 (LV)± 3.5%56%28%4%–12%
SurveyUSA [21] [A] October 24–29, 2024482 (LV)± 5.2%60%28%4%–7%
Digital Research [22] September 10 – October 7, 2024303 (RV)–56%16%4%1% [d] 22%
Pan Atlantic Research [23] September 5–15, 2024414 (LV)± 3.5%53%28%4%–14%

Results

Maine's 1st congressional district, 2024 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chellie Pingree (incumbent) 249,798 58.70
Republican Ronald Russell154,84936.39
Independent Ethan Alcorn20,8834.91
Total votes425,530 100.00

District 2

2024 Maine's 2nd congressional district election
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  Jared Golden 117th Congress portrait (cropped).jpeg AustinTheriault (cropped).jpg
Nominee Jared Golden Austin Theriault
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote197,151194,445
Percentage50.35%49.65%
U.S. Representative before election

Jared Golden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Jared Golden
Democratic

The incumbent is Democrat Jared Golden, who was re-elected with 53.1% of the vote in 2022. [1]

Democratic primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 22, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Jared Golden (D)$3,703,981$1,325,896$2,412,774
Source: Federal Election Commission [35]

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jared Golden (incumbent) 23,183 100.0
Total votes23,183 100.0

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 22, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Mike Soboleski (R)$116,923 [e] $88,511$28,412
Austin Theriault (R)$1,206,402$625,605$580,797
Source: Federal Election Commission [35]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [c] 		Margin
of error		Mike
Soboleski		Austin
Theriault		Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies [51] [B] April 9–11, 2024300 (RV)?7%30%63%

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Austin Theriault 26,934 66.9
Republican Mike Soboleski 13,34033.1
Total votes40,274 100.0

Independents

Filed paperwork

Withdrawn

  • Elias Bassile, ammunition business owner (switched to the 1st district) [13]

General election

Debate

2024 Maine's 2nd congressional district debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Jared Golden Austin Theriault
1Oct. 7, 2024Maine Chamber of Commerce
News Center Maine 		Rob Caldwell C-SPAN PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [14] TossupOctober 31, 2023
Elections Daily [17] Lean DNovember 4, 2024
Inside Elections [15] TossupSeptember 26, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Lean DJune 5, 2024
CNalysis [18] Tilt DNovember 16, 2023
Decision Desk HQ [19] Lean DJune 1, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [c] 		Margin
of error		Jared
Golden (D)		Austin
Theriault (R)		OtherUndecided
University of New Hampshire [20] October 29 – November 2, 2024683 (LV)± 3.7%45%44%–11%
SurveyUSA [21] [A] October 24–29, 2024484 (LV)± 5.3%53%41%–6%
Axis Research [54] [C] October 17–20, 2024411 (LV)± 4.8%45%47%–9%
Digital Research [22] September 10 – October 7, 2024303 (RV)–38%38%3% [f] 21%
Axis Research [54] [C] October 3–6, 2024–± 4.8%47%45%–8%
Pan Atlantic Research [23] September 5–15, 2024398 (LV)± 3.5%44%47%–9%
Axis Research [54] [C] July 23–25, 2024–± 4.8%50%40%–10%

Results

Maine's 2nd congressional district, 2024 [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jared Golden (incumbent) 197,151 50.35
Republican Austin Theriault 194,44549.65
Total votes391,596 100.00

Notes

  1. ↑ $10,000 of this total was self-funded by Piantidosi
  2. ↑ $1,000,000 of this total was self-funded by Bassile
  3. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. ↑ "Refused to Specify" with 1%
  5. ↑ $8,500 of this total was self-funded by Soboleski
  6. ↑ "Refused to Specify" with 3%
  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by Bangor Daily News and FairVote
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by Theriault's campaign
  3. 1 2 3 Poll sponsored by the National Republican Congressional Committee

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