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
Last election20

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.

Contents

District 1

The incumbent is Democrat Chellie Pingree, who was re-elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2024. [1]

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 [5]

Republican primary

Declared

  • Eric Small, police officer [6]

Filed paperwork

  • Joshua Dupree [7]
  • Andrew Piantidosi, tech professional and candidate for this district in 2024 [8]
  • Ronald Russell, defense contractor and nominee for this district in 2024 [9]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Ronald Russell (R)$0$1,741$12,480
Source: Federal Election Commission [5]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [10] Solid DFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [11] Solid DMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [12] Safe DApril 10, 2025

District 2

The incumbent is Democrat Jared Golden, who was re-elected with 50.3% of the vote in 2024. [1] Golden sits in one of 13 districts Trump carried in 2024, and the district that gave Trump his strongest margin while still electing a Democrat, by 9.5%

Democratic primary

Declared

Filed paperwork

Publicly expressed interest

Endorsements

Matt Dunlap [a]
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 [20]

Republican primary

Declared

Potential

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 [20]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [10] TossupFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [11] Tilt DMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [12] TossupJune 3, 2025

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Jared
Golden (D)		Paul
LePage (R)		OtherUndecided
University of New Hampshire [24] June 19–23, 2025394 (V)± 4.9%47%50%2%1%
The Mellman Group (D) [A] [25] June 4–10, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%44%43%–12%
Ragnar Research Partners (R) [26] [B] April 13–15, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%43%48%–9%
Hypothetical polling

Matt Dunlap vs. Paul LePage

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Matt
Dunlap (D)		Paul
LePage (R)		Undecided
The Mellman Group (D) [A] [25] June 4–10, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%37%47%16%

Generic Democrat vs. Generic Republican

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Undecided
Ragnar Research Partners (R) [26] [B] April 13–15, 2025400 (LV)± 4.9%38%47%9%

Notes

  1. ↑ Not declared
  2. 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. ↑ 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. ↑ Billings, Randy (September 15, 2025). "South Berwick lawmaker may primary Chellie Pingree in Maine's 1st District". Portland Press Herald . Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  4. ↑ "On Earth Week, We're Endorsing Climate Champions to Take Back the House". League of Conservation Voters. April 25, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "2026 Election United States House - Maine 1st". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  6. ↑ Mundry, Jackie (July 28, 2025). "Police chief challenging Rep. Pingree for her congressional seat". WMTW . Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  7. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1892159". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  8. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1878823". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  9. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1878823". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  10. 1 2 "2026 CPR House Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  11. 1 2 "2026 House Ratings". Inside Elections.
  12. 1 2 "2026 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "SIGAL, LOUIS MR FEC FORM 2 STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY FILING FEC-1898530".
  15. ↑ Mislter, Steve (May 12, 2025). "Maine state auditor Matt Dunlap floats challenging Rep. Jared Golden in Democratic primary". Maine Public . Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  16. ↑ "End Citizens United Endorses First Slate of Congressional Candidates". End Citizens United. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ Pope, Lauren Harper (August 26, 2025). "The Jared Golden Endorsement". www.welcomestack.org. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  19. ↑ Kobin, Billy (May 14, 2025). "Democrats are openly talking about dumping Jared Golden". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  20. 1 2 "2026 Election United States House - Maine 2nd". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  21. ↑ Cover, Susan (May 5, 2025). "Former Gov. Paul LePage launches bid for Maine's 2nd Congressional District". Spectrum News . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  22. 1 2 Patten, Sam (February 24, 2025). "Contenders for the Blaine House in 2026 Start Lining Up". The Maine Wire . Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  23. 1 2 Stackhouse, Terry (May 20, 2025). "Austin Theriault not running again in CD2, endorses LePage". WMTW . Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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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