More than $50 million poured into the contest between Jared Golden and Austin Theriault, mostly for advertising.
The citizen-initiated referendum question would ask whether people should be required to show photo identification in order to vote in Maine.
The Maine 2nd Congressional District race between incumbent Democrat Rep. Jared Golden and Republican challenger Austin Theriault is heading to a ranked-choice tabulation.
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate known for defying party orthodoxy, is in a tight race to keep his seat in Congress against Austin Theriault, a stock car driver and Republican state lawmaker.
The thin margin came in an election in which Republican Donald Trump won the 2nd District, allowing him to collect one of Maine's four electoral votes. Maine is one of two states that split electoral votes.
The national Republican shift that gave the party control of the presidency and U.S. Senate, and flipped several states from blue to red, also showed up in Maine's election results. But while Republicans made gains in the state,
Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King is seeking another term, but three challengers are trying to end his three-decade political run.
The national Republican shift that gave the party control of the presidency and U.S. Senate and flipped several states from blue to red also showed up in Maine's election results. But while Republicans made gains in the state,
Independent Sen. Angus King won a third term in the U.S. Senate representing Maine on Thursday, turning back challenges from a former Republican state party chair and a Democratic environmental activist.
The toss-up race between Democratic Rep. Jared Golden and Republican state Rep. Austin Theriault is headed for a ranked choice tabulation after neither candidate received a majority of first-choice votes,
Results are still up in the air for Maine’s closely watched 2nd Congressional District race, but the state will be one step closer to declaring a winner after the ranked-choice run-off scheduled for Tuesday.