The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Final candidate list: Maine Secretary of State. Not a prediction.
The seat
Chellie Pingree
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2009 · Age 71
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Maine
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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 Pingree Won: Unopposed 128,257
Primary source: Maine Secretary of State final Democratic U.S. House primary results.
The primary · 50,544 votes
- Ronald Russell Won: 53.5% 27,059
- Joshua Pietrowicz: 46.5% 23,485
Primary source: Maine Secretary of State final Republican U.S. House primary results.
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $519K
- Outside money
- $10
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest 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 filedPrimary 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 Pingree Won: 58.7%
- Ronald Russell: 36.4%
425,530 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 4.9%. 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.