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Maine House race, District 2

Jared Golden holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Matthew Dunlap and Paul LePage are competing for it.

The November ballot

Dunlap
$1.2M
LePage
$2.6M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

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

The seat

Jared Golden

Democrat · Holds the seat now

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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

Republican primary

The primary · 69,233 votes

  • Paul LePageWon100%69,233

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

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$7M
Outside money
$1.5M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Dunlap$96K
Opposing Dunlap-
Supporting LePage$6.5K
Opposing LePage-

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

Where each candidate's money comes from

54%$647KSmall donors$168K7%
44%$534KLarge donors$1.3M49%
1%$14KPACs$403K16%
<1%$10KSelf-funding--
<1%$857Other$737K29%

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 4 groups 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

6 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
692K
Median household income
$64K
Unemployment
4.2%
Living below the poverty line
13.5%
Without health insurance
7.3%

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+0.6 in 2024

  • Jared F. GoldenWon50.3%
  • Austin Theriault49.7%

391,596 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.