Maine's 1st congressional district | |||
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Population (2022) | 697,698 | ||
Median household income | $80,938 [1] | ||
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Cook PVI | D+9 [2] |
Maine's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Maine. The geographically smaller of the state's two congressional districts, the district covers the southern coastal area of the state. The district consists of all of Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and York counties and most of Kennebec County. Located within the district are the cities of Portland, Brunswick, and Saco. The district is currently represented by Democrat Chellie Pingree.
Maine was initially a part of the state of Massachusetts. Massachusetts was allocated 20 districts after the 1810 U.S. census. When Maine became a state in 1820, seven of those districts were credited to it. Since then, all but the 1st and 2nd congressional districts have become obsolete.
Maine's 1st congressional district consists of:
Year | Results |
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1972 | Nixon 61 – 39% |
1976 | Ford 49 – 48% |
1980 | Reagan 45 – 42% |
1984 | Reagan 60 – 40% |
1988 | Bush 56 – 43% |
1992 | B Clinton 40 – 32% |
1996 | B Clinton 52 – 32% |
2000 | Gore 51 – 43% |
2004 | Kerry 55 – 43% |
2008 | Obama 61 – 38% |
2012 | Obama 60 – 38% |
2016 [3] | H Clinton 54 – 39% |
2020 | Biden 60 – 37% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Joseph E. Brennan | 121,848 | 53.16% | |||
Republican | H. Rollin Ives | 100,260 | 43.74% | |||
Labor for Maine | Plato Truman | 7,109 | 3.10% | |||
Majority | 21,588 | 9.42% | ||||
Turnout | 229,217 | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joseph E. Brennan (Incumbent) | 167,623 | 60.11% | |
Republican | Edward S. O'Meara | 111,125 | 36.78% | |
Majority | 79,864 | 26.44% | ||
Turnout | 278,748 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas H. Andrews | 167,623 | 60.11% | |
Republican | David Emery | 110,836 | 39.74% | |
write-ins | 413 | 0.15% | ||
Majority | 56,787 | 20.36% | ||
Turnout | 278,872 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas H. Andrews (Incumbent) | 232,696 | 64.97% | |
Republican | Linda Bean | 125,236 | 34.97% | |
write-ins | 216 | 0.06% | ||
Majority | 107,460 | 30.00% | ||
Turnout | 358,148 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | James B. Longley Jr. | 136,316 | 51.88% | |||
Democratic | Dennis L. Dutremble | 126,373 | 48.09% | |||
write-ins | 80 | 0.03% | ||||
Majority | 9,943 | 3.78% | ||||
Turnout | 262,769 | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Thomas H. Allen | 173,745 | 55.30% | |||
Republican | James B. Longley Jr. (Incumbent) | 140,354 | 44.68% | |||
write-ins | 65 | 0.02% | ||||
Majority | 33,391 | 10.63% | ||||
Turnout | 314,164 | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas H. Allen (Incumbent) | 134,335 | 60.33% | |
Republican | Ross J. Connelly | 79,160 | 35.55% | |
Constitution | Eric R. Greiner | 9,182 | 4.12% | |
Majority | 55,175 | 24.78% | ||
Turnout | 222,677 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas H. Allen (Incumbent) | 202,823 | 59.81% | |
Republican | Jane A. Amero | 123,915 | 36.54% | |
Libertarian | J. Frederic Staples | 12,356 | 3.64% | |
Majority | 78,908 | 23.27% | ||
Turnout | 339,094 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Allen (Incumbent) | 172,646 | 63.81% | |
Republican | Steven Joyce | 97,931 | 36.19% | |
Total votes | 270,577 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Allen (Incumbent) | 219,077 | 59.74% | |
Republican | Charles E. Summers | 147,663 | 40.26% | |
Total votes | 366,740 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Allen (Incumbent) | 170,949 | 60.84% | |
Republican | Darlene J. Curley | 88,009 | 31.32% | |
Independent | Dexter Kamilewicz | 22,029 | 7.84% | |
Total votes | 280,987 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chellie Pingree | 205,629 | 54.90% | |
Republican | Charles E. Summers | 168,930 | 45.10% | |
Total votes | 374,559 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chellie Pingree (Incumbent) | 169,114 | 56.82% | |
Republican | Dean Scontras | 128,501 | 43.17% | |
No party | Others | 42 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 297,657 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chellie Pingree (Incumbent) | 236,363 | 64.8 | |
Republican | Jonathan T. E. Courtney | 128,440 | 35.1% | |
Total votes | 364,803 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chellie Pingree (Incumbent) | 186,674 | 60.43% | |
Republican | Isaac J. Misiuk | 94,751 | 30.67% | |
Independent | Richard P. Murphy | 27,410 | 8.87% | |
Others | 63 | 0.02% | ||
Total votes | 308,898 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chellie Pingree (Incumbent) | 227,546 | 57.99% | |
Republican | Mark Holbrook | 164,569 | 41.94% | |
Libertarian | James J. Bouchard (Declared Write-In) | 276 | 0.07% | |
Blank ballots | 14,551 | N/A | ||
Total votes | 406,942 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
The 2018 election was the first to use ranked-choice voting as opposed to plurality voting since the district's creation. However, since the leading candidate had a majority of first-choice votes, no distribution of preferences was conducted.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chellie Pingree (Incumbent) | 201,195 | 58.8% | |
Republican | Mark Holbrook | 111,188 | 32.5% | |
Independent | Marty Grohman | 29,670 | 8.7% | |
Total votes | 342,053 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chellie Pingree (Incumbent) | 271,004 | 62.2% | |
Republican | Jay Allen | 165,008 | 37.8% | |
Write-in | 15 | 0.0% | ||
Total votes | 436,027 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chellie Pingree (incumbent) | 218,630 | 62.8 | |
Republican | Ed Thelander | 128,996 | 37.1 | |
Write-in | 362 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 347,988 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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