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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 ...
She was the first sitting Maine governor to address the General Assembly. [36] On June 11, 2021, Mills announced the end of the state of emergency started on March 15, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [37] [38] The state of emergency ended on June 30, 2021. [39]
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.
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.
CBS and NBC News called the race for Mills. LePage, a conservative firebrand, moved to Florida after serving two terms from 2011 to 2019 but… Maine governor beats back challenge from her GOP ...
September 13, 2022 at 5:00 AM. ... which last elected a GOP governor in 1982. Democrat Tina Kotek, the former speaker of the state House, remains the favorite to win in November, if for no other ...
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. [3]
Oct. 4—Gov. Janet Mills and former Gov. Paul LePage are spending furiously heading into the final weeks of the campaign, and both are getting help from some familiar names as prominent activists ...