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Maine races

Maine votes on a Senate seat and all 2 House seats this cycle.

The delegation, district by district

3 seats on the ballot
District 2. Jared Golden holds the seat and is not running for it. 8 candidates on file.District 1. Chellie Pingree holds the seat and is on the ballot. 7 candidates on file.

Tap or point at a district for the seat and who holds it.

2 Democratic1 not running again

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in Maine

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 21 days before by mail, or same-day through Election Day in person.

All dates and rules

Maine by the numbers

1.4Mpeople across 2 districts

Median household income$64K to $88K
District 2District 1
Living below the poverty line8.0% to 13.5%
District 1District 2
Without health insurance5.1% to 7.3%
District 1District 2

The lowest and highest of Maine's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$44M in play

Of every dollar in Maine's federal races, 10 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
$32M raised by candidates$2.8M outside money
All 2 House races$9M
$7.6M raised by candidates$1.5M outside money$4.5M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$8.6M22%

Larger individual gifts

$20M51%

From PACs

$3M8%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

The 2 sitting members on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on Maine's races comes from groups that are spending in other states too.

Groups spending in other states too
$2.6M69%
Groups spending only in Maine
$1.2M31%

Groups filing here

17

The widest one reaches

26states

Independent spending filed on Maine's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Who is spending on Maine

$4.2M outside money

The groups spending independently on Maine's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 17 groups

Every race on the ballot

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.