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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 primary elections will take place on June 9, 2026. [1]
The incumbent is Democrat Chellie Pingree, who was re-elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2024. [2] She is running for re-election. [3] State representative Tiffany Roberts has announced a challenge Pingree in the Democratic primary after she had earlier formed an exploratory committee, accusing Pingree of being insufficiently bipartisan. [4] [5]
Two Republicans have filed FEC paperwork to run for the 1st district, Joshua James Duprey and Ronald Russell. A third Republican, Andrew Piantidosi, initially filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination, [6] but later told WMTW that he was "suspending" his run. [7] Both Russell and Piantidosi ran for the 1st district in 2024, with Russell defeating Piantidosi in the primary. [8] A fourth Republican candidate, Sanford police chief Eric Small, also initially filed paperwork for a campaign, but withdrew in November 2025 and endorsed Russell while pivoting to a campaign for the Maine House of Representatives. [7]
| Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| Chellie Pingree (D) | $208,001 | $165,209 | $458,470 |
| Source: Federal Election Commission [13] | |||
Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.
| Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| Ronald Russell (R) | $0 | $1,741 | $12,480 |
| Eric Small (R) | $11,986 | $6,758 | $5,228 |
| Source: Federal Election Commission [13] | |||
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report [16] | Solid D | November 6, 2025 |
| Inside Elections [17] | Solid D | November 5, 2025 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball [18] | Safe D | November 5, 2025 |
| Race to the WH [19] | Safe D | November 6, 2025 |
The incumbent is Democrat Jared Golden, who was re-elected with 50.3% of the vote in 2024, [2] and is one of 17 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 congressional district held by a Democrat in the country. Despite initially announcing a campaign for re-election, [20] Golden withdrew from his re-election campaign and will not be seeking a fifth term. [21] Golden was being challenged in the Democratic primary by Maine State Auditor Matthew Dunlap, who argued that Golden sides with congressional Republicans too often. [22] Dunlap is continuing his campaign following Golden's withdrawal, [23] and has the support of Mike Michaud, who held this seat from 2003 to 2015. [24] Jordan Wood, a Lewiston native and former chief of staff to former California U.S. Representative Katie Porter, initially ran for Maine's U.S. Senate seat up in 2026, but announced that he was switching from the Senate race to the 2nd district race on November 12, 2025. [25]
On the Republican side, there are currently two candidates officially running as of December 2025. Former governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019 and Republican nominee for governor in the 2022 Maine gubernatorial election Paul LePage announced a campaign for the 2nd district in May 2025. [26] Despite losing the 2022 election by about 13 percentage points, LePage nonetheless narrowly carried the 2nd congressional district in that election by about two percentage points over incumbent Democratic governor Janet Mills. [27] LePage has the support of the 2024 nominee for this seat, former state representative Austin Theriault who very narrowly lost the race by less than one percentage point against Golden. [28] In November 2025 another Republican, Army veteran and former Democrat James L. Clark announced his candidacy. [29]
Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.
| Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| Jared Golden (D) | $2,309,631 | $763,629 | $1,672,732 |
| Source: Federal Election Commission [41] | |||
| Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| Paul LePage (R) | $916,725 | $200,318 | $716,406 |
| Source: Federal Election Commission [41] | |||
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report [16] | Likely R (flip) | November 6, 2025 |
| Inside Elections [17] | Likely R (flip) | November 5, 2025 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball [18] | Lean R (flip) | November 5, 2025 |
| Race to the WH [19] | Lean R (flip) | November 6, 2025 |
Matt Dunlap vs. Paul LePage
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Matt Dunlap (D) | Paul LePage (R) | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mellman Group (D) [A] [43] | June 4–10, 2025 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 37% | 47% | 16% |
Jared Golden vs. Paul LePage
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Jared Golden (D) | Paul LePage (R) | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Hampshire [44] | October 16–21, 2025 | 546 (LV) | – | 44% | 49% | 3% | 3% |
| University of New Hampshire [45] | June 19–23, 2025 | 394 (V) | ± 4.9% | 47% | 50% | 2% | 1% |
| The Mellman Group (D) [43] [A] | June 4–10, 2025 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 44% | 43% | – | 12% |
| Ragnar Research Partners (R) [46] [B] | April 13–15, 2025 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 43% | 48% | – | 9% |
Generic Democrat vs. Generic Republican
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Generic Democrat | Generic Republican | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragnar Research Partners (R) [46] [B] | April 13–15, 2025 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 38% | 47% | 9% |
Partisan clients
A spokesperson for Pingree said that she is planning to run for reelection to her current seat next year.