2025 Maine House of Representatives District 24 special election

2025 Maine House of Representatives District 24 special election

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Maine House of Representatives District 24
Turnout	31.8%
Candidate Sean Faircloth Carolyn Fish Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,431 567 Percentage 71.62% 28.38%
Results by town Faircloth:   60–70%   80–90% Fish:   50–60%
Representative before election Joe Perry 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]

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]}

• Sean Faircloth, member of the Maine Senate from the 9th district (1994–1996), member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 17th and 117th district (2002–2008), former mayor of Bangor, Maine, withdrawn Democratic candidate for governor in 2018 (Democratic)
• Carolyn Fish, Bangor city council member and realtor (Republican)

Results

2025 Maine House of Representatives District 24 special election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean Faircloth	1,431	71.62%
	Republican	Carolyn Fish	567	28.38%
Valid ballots			1,998	99.80%
Invalid or blank votes			4	0.20%
Total votes			2,002	100.00%

See also

• 2025 United States state legislative elections

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.
7. "Election Results, 2025 Elections". Department of the Secretary of State, State of Maine. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

External links

• Elections and Voter Information (Maine Secretary of State)
• Maine's 24th House of Representatives district (Ballotpedia)

Official campaign websites

• Sean Faircloth (D) (archive)
• Carolyn Fish (R) (archive)