2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
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Both Maine seats to the United States House of Representatives
 
Party Democratic Republican
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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.

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District 1

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]

Democratic primary

Declared

Formed exploratory committee

Endorsements

Chellie Pingree
Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Chellie Pingree (D)$148,528$129,482$434,724
Source: Federal Election Commission [6]

Republican primary

Declared

  • Eric Small, police officer [7]

Filed paperwork

  • Joshua Duprey [8]
  • Andrew Piantidosi, tech professional and candidate for this district in 2024 [9]
  • Ronald Russell, defense contractor and nominee for this district in 2024 [10]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Ronald Russell (R)$0$1,741$12,480
Source: Federal Election Commission [6]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [11] Solid DFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [12] Solid DMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe DApril 10, 2025
Race to the WH [14] Safe DSeptember 26, 2025

District 2

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]

Democratic primary

Declared

Filed paperwork

Endorsements

Matt Dunlap
State legislators

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Jared Golden (D)$1,307,503$431,737$1,002,496
Source: Federal Election Commission [24]

Republican primary

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Paul LePage
State legislators

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Paul LePage (R)$552,781$25,000$527,781
Source: Federal Election Commission [24]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [11] TossupFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [12] Tilt DMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] TossupJune 3, 2025
Race to the WH [14] TossupSeptember 26, 2025

Polling

Jared Golden vs. Paul LePage

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Jared
Golden (D)		Paul
LePage (R)		OtherUndecided
University of New Hampshire [26] June 19–23, 2025394 (V)± 4.9%47%50%2%1%
The Mellman Group (D) [A] [27] June 4–10, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%44%43%–12%
Ragnar Research Partners (R) [28] [B] April 13–15, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%43%48%–9%

Matt Dunlap vs. Paul LePage

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Matt
Dunlap (D)		Paul
LePage (R)		Undecided
The Mellman Group (D) [A] [27] June 4–10, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%37%47%16%
Hypothetical polling

Generic Democrat vs. Generic Republican

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Undecided
Ragnar Research Partners (R) [28] [B] April 13–15, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%38%47%9%

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by Golden's campaign
  2. 1 2 Poll sponsored by the Congressional Leadership Fund

References

  1. 1 2 "2024 House Vote Tracker". Cook Political Report . Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Ohm, Rachel (May 27, 2025). "Who will Maine Democrats run against Susan Collins?". Portland Press Herald . Retrieved May 27, 2025. A spokesperson for Pingree said that she is planning to run for reelection to her current seat next year.
  3. ↑ Miller, Kevin (September 15, 2025). "Democratic state lawmaker says she might challenge Rep. Pingree". Maine Public. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Billings, Randy (September 15, 2025). "South Berwick lawmaker may primary Chellie Pingree in Maine's 1st District". Portland Press Herald . Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  5. ↑ "On Earth Week, We're Endorsing Climate Champions to Take Back the House". League of Conservation Voters. April 25, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "2026 Election United States House - Maine 1st". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ Mundry, Jackie (July 28, 2025). "Police chief challenging Rep. Pingree for her congressional seat". WMTW . Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  8. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1892159". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  9. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1878823". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  10. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1878823". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  11. 1 2 "2026 CPR House Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  12. 1 2 "2026 House Ratings". Inside Elections.
  13. 1 2 "2026 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  14. 1 2 "The 2026 House Forecast". Race to the WH. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  15. 1 2 Howard, Andrew (October 6, 2025). "Rep. Jared Golden gets a primary from the left". Politico . Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  16. 1 2 Cover, Susan (May 5, 2025). "Former Gov. Paul LePage launches bid for Maine's 2nd Congressional District". Spectrum News . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Maine Secretary of State: November 8, 2022 General Election- Non-Ranked Choice Offices". November 30, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  18. ↑ Kobin, Billy (May 20, 2025). "Jared Golden will run for reelection in Maine's 2nd District in 2026". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Louis Sigel Registers As Democratic Primary Opponent to Jared Golden for Maine's 2nd CD". The Maine Wire . July 7, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  20. ↑ Kobin, Billy (May 14, 2025). "Democrats are openly talking about dumping Jared Golden". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  21. ↑ "End Citizens United Endorses First Slate of Congressional Candidates". End Citizens United. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Reproductive Freedom for All Endorses Slate of U.S. House Frontline Members for the 2026 Midterm Election". Reproductive Freedom for All. May 8, 2025. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  23. ↑ Pope, Lauren Harper (August 26, 2025). "The Jared Golden Endorsement". www.welcomestack.org. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  24. 1 2 "2026 Election United States House - Maine 2nd". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  25. 1 2 Stackhouse, Terry (May 20, 2025). "Austin Theriault not running again in CD2, endorses LePage". WMTW . Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  26. ↑ McKinley, Sean P.; Smith, Andrew E.; Azem, Zachary S.; Keirns, Tracy (June 26, 2025). "LePage & Golden Deadlocked in Early Snapshot of Possible Maine CD2 Matchup". University of New Hampshire . Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  27. 1 2 Roarty, Alex (July 17, 2025). "Jared Golden's Campaign Releases Poll They Say Shows He's the Only Democrat with a Chance in His District" . NOTUS. Archived from the original on July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  28. 1 2 Roarty, Alex (May 21, 2025). "Jared Golden Trails Paul LePage in a New GOP Poll". NOTUS. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
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