Two weeks after the Presidential Election, results are still up in the air across the state for many different positions.
Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has emerged victorious after the state conducted its ranked choice runoff for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
Eleven races for the Maine Legislature are being recounted, starting Friday and continuing through Nov. 25. Maine law does not require recounts, but candidates can request one. Candidates do not have to pay a deposit if the races are very close — 1% or less of the apparent margin of victory.
The president-elect has said he plans to oversee mass deportations when he takes office, and advocates are also worried about impacts on the asylum system.
The ranked choice results in Maine’s Second Congressional District are expected to be finalized Friday evening.
Representative Jared Golden, a three-term Democrat, defeated Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver, in one of a handful of districts held by Democrats that Donald J. Trump won in 2020.
Maine’s ranked choice tabulation is taking place in public, narrated play-by-play by the state’s elections chief
After several days of ranked choice vote tabulation following a razor-thin race between incumbent Democratic candidate Jared Golden and Republican candidate Austin Theriault, a winner was declared Friday night for Maine's 2nd Congressional District.
A ranked-choice voting tabulation aimed at determining the winner of a key congressional race in Maine will continue on Thursday, with the possibility of having final results by the end of the workday or sometime on Friday,
Maine’s culturally disparate regions are mired in a loveless marriage. It is the political equivalent of the 1989 film “War of the Roses,” wherein two bitter spouses continue sharing their marital residence while undergoing brutal divorce proceedings. Spoiler alert: The movie does not have a happy ending.
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden narrowly edged out Republican state Rep. Austin Theriault in a ranked choice runoff