The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also certified, by write-in: Gregory A. Ward (Independent).
Final candidate list: Maine Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.
The seat
Jared Golden
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2019 · Age 44
Not on the November ballot
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 · 69,233 votes
- Paul LePage Won: Unopposed 69,233
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Maine Secretary of State final Republican U.S. House primary results. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $3.8M
- Outside money
- $6M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $1.4M of the race's $6M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Paul LePage $732K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest 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- Jared GoldenDemocrat$2.6M
- Joseph BaldacciDemocrat$664K
- James ClarkRepublican$600
- Paige LoudDemocrat-
- Louis SigelDemocrat-
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+0.7 in 2024
- Jared Golden Won: 50.3%
- Austin Theriault: 49.7%
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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through June 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.