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2022 Maine gubernatorial election ← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 → Registered 1,145,052 (8.14 pp) Turnout 59.47% (1.77 pp) Nominee Janet Mills Paul LePage Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 376,934 287,304 Percentage 55.69% 42.45% County results Municipality results Congressional district results Mills: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% LePage: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70 ...
Polls close in the state at 8 p.m. local time. Given the state has multiple timezones, the first polls close at 10 p.m. EST and the last polls close at 11 p.m. EST.
She became Maine's first female governor, the first Maine gubernatorial candidate to be elected with at least 50% of the vote since Angus King in 1998, and the first to win at least 50% of the vote for a first term since Kenneth M. Curtis in 1966. She received over 320,000 votes, more than any governor in the state's history.
The governor of Maine receives a salary of $70,000, which is the lowest salary out of all 50 state governors, as of 2022. [2] This will be raised to $125,000 upon a new governor taking office in 2026, per a bill passed in 2025, as the Maine Constitution prohibits changing the salary of the sitting governor.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) was projected to have fended off a comeback bid from her predecessor, former Gov. Paul LePage (R), to win a second term in Tuesday’s election. CBS and NBC News called ...
The results of the elections are often varied. Maine is seen as a swing state, with unusually high support for independent candidates. The Republican Party has won Maine in 11 out of the past 20 presidential elections, and the governorship has been won by Democrats and independents three times each, and Republicans four times, since 1974.
Oregon gubernatorial candidates Christine Drazan, left, Betsy Johnson and Tina Kotek. With three viable candidates running, the winner could prevail with less than 50% support. (Associated Press)