2025 Maine House of Representatives District 24 special election

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2025 Maine House of Representatives District 24 special election
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  2024 (reg.) February 25, 20252026 (reg.) 

Maine House of Representatives
District 24
Reporting
95%
as of 9:57 PM EST
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Candidate Sean Faircloth Carolyn Fish
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,431566
Percentage71.66%28.34%

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Results by town

Representative before election

Vacant
Joe Perry until December 4, 2024
Democratic

Elected Representative

Sean Faircloth
Democratic

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Maine to elect a new member for District 24 in the Maine House of Representatives, representing the town of Veazie and parts of Bangor, Brewer, and Orono. [1] The election filled a vacancy caused by the resignation of Democratic representative Joe Perry on December 4, 2024 after being appointed Treasurer of Maine. Longtime former Democratic state legislator Sean Faircloth won the special election. [2]

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Background

District 24 has been represented by Democrat Joe Perry since a special election in 2019, in what was then the 124th district until the 2020 redistricting cycle. In the last election in District 24, Joe Perry won re-election with 64.7 percent of the vote against a Republican opponent. [3] Perry declined to retake his seat following this election, however, as he was unanimously elected Maine State Treasurer by the legislature. [4]

Candidates

The following candidates filed before the January 10 deadline: [5] [6]

Results

2025 Maine House of Representatives District 24 special election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sean Faircloth
Republican Carolyn Fish
Total votes

See also

References

  1. "Towns in Each District". Maine Legislature. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  2. McCauley, Lauren (February 25, 2025). "Democrat Sean Faircloth wins special election for Maine House District 24". Maine Morning Star. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  3. "Joseph Perry (Maine)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  4. Davis, Emma. "Sitting legislator to serve as state treasurer, prompting special election • Maine Morning Star". Maine Morning Star. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  5. "February 25, 2025 – Special Election". Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  6. McCauley, Lauren (February 6, 2025). "National Democratic group has sights set on Maine House District 24 special election". Maine Morning Star. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

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