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Maine House race, District 1

Chellie Pingree holds this seat and is running to keep it against Ronald Russell.

The November ballot

Pingree
$430K
Russell
$76K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Chellie Pingree

Democrat · Holds the seat now

24
Trades disclosed
$3.5M
Estimated volume
Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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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.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 128,257 votes

  • Chellie PingreeWon100%128,257

Primary results as recorded August 24, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$551K
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Pingree$10
Opposing Pingree-
Supporting Russell-
Opposing Russell-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

16%$69KSmall donors$7.4K10%
26%$111KLarge donors$60K79%
55%$237KPACs$6.8K9%
--Self-funding$1K1%
3%$12KOther$382<1%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

5 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
696K
Median household income
$88K
Unemployment
3.3%
Living below the poverty line
8.0%
Without health insurance
5.1%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

D+22 in 2024

  • Chellie PingreeWon58.7%
  • Ronald C. Russell36.4%

425,530 votes for candidates. Shares are the first choice count in a ranked choice election. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.