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Elections in Maine |
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The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the State of Maine, one from each of the state's congressional districts. These elections will coincide with a U.S. Senate election, a gubernatorial election, and various other state, county and local elections.
The incumbent is Democrat Chellie Pingree, who was re-elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2024. [1] She is running for re-election. [2] State representative Tiffany Roberts has formed an exploratory committee to prepare a challenge to Pingree in the Democratic primary, accusing Pingree of being insufficiently bipartisan. [3]
Four Republicans have filed FEC paperwork to run for the 1st — Eric Small, Joshua James Duprey, Ronald Russell, and Andrew Piantidosi. Both Russell and Piantidosi ran for the 1st district in 2024, with Russell defeating Piantidosi in the primary. [4]
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Chellie Pingree (D) | $148,528 | $129,482 | $434,724 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [6] |
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Ronald Russell (R) | $0 | $1,741 | $12,480 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [6] |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [11] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
Inside Elections [12] | Solid D | March 7, 2025 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] | Safe D | April 10, 2025 |
Race to the WH [14] | Safe D | September 26, 2025 |
The incumbent is Democrat Jared Golden, who was re-elected with 50.3% of the vote in 2024. [1] Golden is one of 13 Democratic congresspeople representing districts Donald Trump carried in 2024. The district voted for Trump by 9.5% in 2024 while re-electing Golden by less than one percent, making it the most Republican district held by a Democrat in the country. Golden is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Maine State Auditor Matthew Dunlap, who argues that Golden is too willing to work with congressional Republicans. [15]
Former Governor of Maine Paul LePage is the sole Republican to have announced a campaign for the 2nd district. [16] Despite losing the 2022 Maine gubernatorial election by over 13 points, LePage nonetheless carried the 2nd congressional district in that election. [17]
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Jared Golden (D) | $1,307,503 | $431,737 | $1,002,496 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [24] |
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Paul LePage (R) | $552,781 | $25,000 | $527,781 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [24] |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [11] | Tossup | February 6, 2025 |
Inside Elections [12] | Tilt D | March 7, 2025 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] | Tossup | June 3, 2025 |
Race to the WH [14] | Tossup | September 26, 2025 |
Jared Golden vs. Paul LePage
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Jared Golden (D) | Paul LePage (R) | Other | Undecided |
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University of New Hampshire [26] | June 19–23, 2025 | 394 (V) | ± 4.9% | 47% | 50% | 2% | 1% |
The Mellman Group (D) [A] [27] | June 4–10, 2025 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 44% | 43% | – | 12% |
Ragnar Research Partners (R) [28] [B] | April 13–15, 2025 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 43% | 48% | – | 9% |
Matt Dunlap vs. Paul LePage
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Matt Dunlap (D) | Paul LePage (R) | Undecided |
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The Mellman Group (D) [A] [27] | June 4–10, 2025 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 37% | 47% | 16% |
Partisan clients
A spokesperson for Pingree said that she is planning to run for reelection to her current seat next year.