Ranked choice tabulations that will determine the fate of Maine's 2nd Congressional District election are underway.
, and declared victory last week. He needed to clear 50% of the vote to avoid the ranked choice round.
Mills said she was moved meeting voters at polling places and that she thinks connection is the most important part of any campaign. "I am deeply honored that the people of Maine’s Second District have chosen me to represent them in Washington for another two-year term," Golden said on Thursday in Lewiston."Although Bruce Poliquin may not be willing to concede, at this point the final result is undeniably clear. The few precincts that remain cannot meaningfully alter the position of this race.
Ben Trundy, campaign manager for the Poliquin team, said that Poliquin losing the initial vote was not how the campaign hoped the results would be, but he stopped short of conceding the race. Poliquin received 44% of the vote. “The results are what they are. We wished it would have been different, but this is the process we have, so we’re just here observing, seeing everything through the campaign,” Trundy said. “Clearly that was not what it was, but those are the unknowns. I think we’re still doing the math on it. Could we have done things differently? Sure.”The national Republican Party focused heavily on flipping the district, where former President Donald Trump maintains strong support.
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