Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles advance in Maine governor’s race
Pingree and Charles won after ranked-choice runoffs that drew broad second- and third-choice support and set up a three-way November race.
- 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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Hannah Pingree wins Democratic nomination for Maine governor after ranked-choice count
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The matchup in the Maine gubernatorial race was set on June 19, 10 days after the primary. Former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Hannah Pingree won the Democratic primary. Pingree defeated Dr. Nirav Shah, former principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, energy executive Angus King III, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, and former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson. King is the son of Sen.…
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The Center SquareRepublicans Charles, Democrat Pingree vie for Maine governor
(The Center Square) – Republican Bobby Charles and Democrat Hannah Pingree were announced early Friday as the chosen candidates for governor through ranked choice voting more than a week after the election in Maine's wide open race.
Pingree, Charles set to clash to succeed Mills as Maine governor
Hannah Pingree (D) and Bobby Charles (R) will face off this November in the contested race to succeed retiring Gov. Janet Mills (D), according to Decision Desk HQ. Five Democrats and eight Republicans ran for their party’s respective nominations for Maine governor. Pingree, the daughter of Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), is a former speaker of the…
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