Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles advance in Maine governor’s race
Pingree won 56.2% in the final round, while Charles advanced after six runoff rounds in Maine’s ranked-choice primary.
- On Friday, Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles secured their party nominations for governor after ranked-choice runoffs concluded early Friday morning in Augusta.
- Ranked-Choice voting, used in Maine for 10 years, triggered these runoffs because no candidate in either party secured 50% of the popular vote on June 9.
- Pingree, the former Maine House Speaker, ran on her legislative experience and endorsement from Gov. Mills, while Charles, an attorney and lobbyist, built his campaign largely on social media and promised to slash the state budget.
- Vying to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, Pingree and Charles will face independent candidate Rick Bennett in November's general election, which will not use ranked-choice voting.
- This gubernatorial contest arrives amid seismic shifts in Maine politics, with voters set to determine the future leadership of the Blaine House when Mills' term ends early next year.
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Maine governor race set: Bobby Charles to face Hannah Pingree in November
Republican Bobby Charles and Democrat Hannah Pingree are set to face off in Maine’s gubernatorial race this fall after final vote tabulations came through from the primary held over a week ago. The Associated Press called both primary races just before 2 a.m. Friday, June 19, 10 days after the primary. Maine is a ranked choice state, so after no candidate won 50% of either primary outright on primary election day, election officials had to go to…
Pingree and Charles will compete for Maine governor and Dunlap gets Democratic nod for US House - Regional Media News
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles will compete this fall to become Maine's next governor. Pingree and Charles won their primaries Friday, after the June 9 contests advanced to ranked choice voting. In another ranked runoff in Maine, Democrat Matt Dunlap won the nomination in the 2nd Congressional District. Dunlap will face the state's former Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, for a seat Democrats are trying…
Maine resolves ranked choice primaries, setting up the governor’s race and a key House contest
Maine’s major primaries were resolved early Friday morning after the state tabulated its ranked choice votes: Democrat Hanna Pingree will face off against Republican Bobby Charles in the race for governor, while Democrat Matt Dunlap will advance to the general election in the pivotal 2nd Congressional District race, NBC News projects
Pingree and Charles Will Face Off for Maine Governor
“Hannah Pingree, a former Maine House speaker who later worked on policy initiatives for Gov. Janet Mills and won her endorsement, won the state’s Democratic nomination for governor after a ranked-choice runoff, state officials said early Friday. She will face Bobby Charles, a conservative Republican and former State Department official,” the New York Times reports. “The runoff, a feature of Maine’s ranked-choice voting system, was necessary bec…
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