2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine explained

Election Name:	2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
Country:	Maine
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
Next Year:	2024
Seats For Election:	All 2 Maine seats to the United States House of Representatives
Election Date:	November 8, 2022
Party1:	Democratic Party (US)
Last Election1:	2
Seats1:	2
Popular Vote1:	379,824
Percentage1:	57.99%
Swing1:	0.04%
Party2:	Republican Party (US)
Last Election2:	0
Seats2:	0
Popular Vote2:	274,572
Percentage2:	41.92%
Swing2:	0.12%

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The elections were conducted with ranked choice voting, as per the result of a referendum passed in 2016. These were the first House of Representatives elections held in Maine following the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Results summary

Statewide

Party	Candi- dates	First round votes		Second round votes		Seats
		%		%		+/–	%
		2	371,704	55.98%	383,766	58.24%	2		100%
		2		270,256	40.7%	275,138	41.76%	0		0%
		1	22,048	3.32%			0		0%
Total	5	664,008	100%	658,904	100%	2		100%

District

Results of the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine by district:

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	218,630	%	218,630	%	128,996	%	128,996	%	0	0%	0	0%	347,988	100.00%	347,988	100.00%	Democratic hold
	153,074	48.38%	165,136	53.05%	141,260	44.65%	146,142	46.95%	22,048	6.96%	0	0%	316,382	100.00%	311,278	100.00%	Democratic hold
Total	371,704	55.98%	383,766	58.24%	270,256	40.7%	275,138	41.76%	22,048	3.32%	0	0%	664,008	100.00%	658,904	100.00%

District 1

Election Name:	2022 Maine's 1st congressional district election
Country:	Maine
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine#District 1
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine#District 1
Next Year:	2024
Nominee1:	Chellie Pingree
Party1:	Democratic Party (US)
Popular Vote1:	218,630
Percentage1:	62.9%
Nominee2:	Ed Thelander
Party2:	Republican Party (US)
Popular Vote2:	128,996
Percentage2:	37.0%
Map Size:	300px
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Chellie Pingree
Before Party:	Democratic Party (US)
After Election:	Chellie Pingree
After Party:	Democratic Party (US)

See also: Maine's 1st congressional district. Before redistricting, the 1st district encompassed the southern coastal area of the state, taking in Portland, Augusta, Brunswick and Saco. The incumbent was Democrat Chellie Pingree, who was re-elected with 62.2% of the vote in 2020.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Chellie Pingree, incumbent U.S. Representative^[2]

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ed Thelander, retired Navy SEAL^{[3] [2]}

Results

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report^[5]		October 5, 2021
align=left	Inside Elections^[6]		October 11, 2021
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[7]		October 5, 2021
Politico^[8]		April 5, 2022
RCP^[9]		June 9, 2022
align=left	Fox News^[10]		July 11, 2022
DDHQ^[11]		July 20, 2022
538^[12]		June 30, 2022
The Economist^[13]		September 28, 2022

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Chellie Pingree (D)	Ed Thelander (R)	Other	Undecided
Pan Atlantic Research^[14]	October 7–15, 2022	400 (LV)	± 3.5%		62%	28%	–	7%
University of New Hampshire^[15]	September 15–19, 2022	351 (LV)	± 3.6%		57%	32%	–	10%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D)^[16]	May 10–13, 2022	263 (LV)	± 6.0%		57%	33%	–	10%
Pan Atlantic Research^[17]	April 21 – May 5, 2022	~420 (LV)	± 4.8%		51%	31%	5%	13%

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Results

District 2

Election Name:	2022 Maine's 2nd congressional district election
Country:	Maine
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine#District 2
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine#District 2
Next Year:	2024
1Blank:	First round
2Blank:	Maximum round
Nominee1:	Jared Golden
Party1:	Democratic Party (US)
1Data1:	153,074 48.4%
2Data1:	165,136 53.1%
Nominee2:	Bruce Poliquin
Party2:	Republican Party (US)
1Data2:	141,260 44.7%
2Data2:	146,142 46.9%
Nominee3:	Tiffany Bond
Party3:	Independent (United States)
1Data3:	21,555 6.9%
2Data3:	Eliminated
Map Size:	175px
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Jared Golden
Before Party:	Democratic Party (US)
After Election:	Jared Golden
After Party:	Democratic Party (US)

See also: Maine's 2nd congressional district. Before redistricting, the 2nd district covered most of northern rural Maine, including the cities of Lewiston, Bangor, Auburn and Presque Isle. The incumbent was Democrat Jared Golden, who was re-elected with 53.0% of the vote in 2020.^[1] Donald Trump won the district in the concurrent presidential election with 52.3% of the vote.^[19]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jared Golden, incumbent U.S. Representative^[2]

Did not file

• Michael Sutton, travel agent and candidate for Maine House of Representatives in 2020^{[20] [21] [2]}

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bruce Poliquin, former U.S. Representative from ^[22]

Eliminated in primary

• Liz Caruso, Caratunk first selectman^[23]

Withdrew

• Mike Perkins, state representative^{[24] [25] [26]}
• Peggy Sheriff, member of the Greater Bangor Apartment Owners and Managers Association^{[27] [28] [29]}
• Trey Stewart, state senator (endorsed Poliquin)^[30]

Declined

• Dale Crafts, former state representative and nominee for this district in 2020^[29]

Results

Independents

Candidates

Declared

• Tiffany Bond, family attorney, candidate for this district in 2018, and write-in candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020^[31]

Disqualified/withdrawn

• Jordan Borrowman, janitor^[32]

Debate

2022 Maine U.S. House of Representatives debate

	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican	Independent
Key: Participant  Absent  Not invited  Invited Withdrawn
					Jared Golden	Bruce Poliquin	Tiffany Bond
1	Sep. 26, 2022	Maine Public Broadcasting Network Portland Press Herald Lewiston Sun Journal	Jennifer Rooks	^[33]
2	Sep. 30, 2022	WCSH	Pat Callaghan	^[34]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		October 5, 2021
align=left	Inside Elections		October 21, 2021
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 7, 2022
Politico		April 5, 2022
RCP		June 9, 2022
align=left	Fox News		October 11, 2022
DDHQ		November 8, 2022
538		September 4, 2022
The Economist		November 1, 2022

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jared Golden (D)	Bruce Poliquin (R)	Tiffany Bond (I)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA^[35]	October 28 – November 2, 2022	544 (LV)	± 4.9%		43%	40%	8%	–	9%
Pan Atlantic Research	October 7–15, 2022	400 (LV)	± 3.5%		47%	39%	8%	–	6%
University of New Hampshire	September 15–19, 2022	333 (LV)	± 3.6%		44%	33%	–	10%	13%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D)	May 10–13, 2022	237 (LV)	± 6.4%		50%	43%	–	–	7%
Pan Atlantic Research	April 21 – May 5, 2022	~404 (LV)	± 4.9%		45%	36%	8%	2%	8%

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Results

Maine's 2nd congressional district, 2022 results^[36]

Party		Candidate	Round 1			Round 2
			Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Golden (incumbent)	153,074	48.38%	+ 12,062		165,136		53.05%
	Republican		141,260	44.65%	+ 4,882	146,142	46.95%
	Independent	Tiffany Bond	21,655	6.84%	BGCOLOR=pink	- 21,655	Eliminated
	Write-in	393	0.12%	BGCOLOR=pink	- 393	Eliminated
Continuing ballots			316,382	100%		311,278
Exhausted ballots			-		+ 5,104	5,104	1.61%
Total votes			316,382	100%		316,382
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2022 Maine elections

Notes

Partisan clients

External links

• Elections & Voting division of the Maine Secretary of State
  • • Web site: League of Women Voters of Maine . (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates

• Chellie Pingree (D) for Congress
• Ed Thelander (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates

• Jared Golden (D) for Congress
• Bruce Poliquin (R) for Congress

Notes and References

1. Web site: November 3, 2020 General Election . Maine Department of Secretary of State . November 24, 2020.
2. Web site: Bruce Poliquin primary challenger makes Maine ballot ahead of key deadline. March 15, 2022. Piper, Jessica. Bangor Daily News.
3. Web site: Republican announces 1st District campaign against Rep. Pingree. August 30, 2021.
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRCEJjQYNBQ YouTube
5. Web site: 2022 House Race Ratings . The Cook Political Report . October 1, 2021.
6. Web site: House Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report . October 11, 2021.
7. Web site: Sabato's Crystal Ball. 2022 House Ratings. October 5, 2021. October 5, 2021.
8. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast. April 5, 2022. Politico.
9. Web site: Battle for the House 2022. June 9, 2022 . RCP.
10. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . Fox News . July 11, 2022 . July 11, 2022.
11. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . DDHQ . July 20, 2022 . July 20, 2022.
12. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . FiveThirtyEight . June 30, 2022 . June 30, 2022.
13. News: The Economist's 2022 House Election forecast . The Economist . September 28, 2022.
14. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/news/2022/10/20/mills-leads-lepage-by-10-points-in-new-poll Pan Atlantic Research
15. https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1710&context=survey_center_polls University of New Hampshire
16. https://aarp-states.brightspotcdn.com/15/2b/70e93006491daea0e805874d40c0/aarp-maine-2022-voter-poll-report-5-24-22.pdf Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D)
17. https://21701012.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21701012/Pan%20Atlantic%20Research%2058th%20Omnibus%20Poll%20Results.pdf Pan Atlantic Research
18. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21953229/critical-insights-on-maine-public-report-of-findings-spring-2022.pdf Digital Research Inc.
19. Web site: The former Marine who holds Democrats' Trumpiest district. Sarah. Ferris. POLITICO. May 11, 2021 .
20. News: Collins. Steve. March 15, 2021. Bangor Democrat seeks to challenge Jared Golden in a primary. March 26, 2021.
21. Web site: Collins. Steve. 2021-11-22. A Bangor Democrat takes aim at Jared Golden in potential primary. live. 2021-12-04. Sun Journal. Sutton had filed to run last spring but then declared he wouldn’t follow through on it. But he filed again last week and insisted he’s in it for the duration.. https://web.archive.org/web/20211204212210/https://www.sunjournal.com/2021/11/22/a-bangor-democrat-takes-aim-at-jared-golden-in-potential-primary/?rel=related . December 4, 2021 .
22. Web site: Former US Rep. Bruce Poliquin will run for rematch with Jared Golden in 2022. August 4, 2021. Shepherd, Michael. Bangor Daily News.
23. Web site: Collins. Steve. November 15, 2021. Caratunk woman enters race against Bruce Poliquin for election to Maine's 2nd District. November 26, 2021. www.sunjournal.com. Sun Journal. en-US.
24. Web site: Shepherd. Michael. December 20, 2021. Republican leaves 2nd District primary but still says he could have beaten Bruce Poliquin. December 20, 2021. www.bangordailynews.com. Bangor Daily News. en-US.
25. Web site: Don't start writing Golden's political obituary just yet. April 30, 2021. The Ellsworth American.
26. Web site: Caratunk official and CMP critic joins GOP race for Maine's 2nd District. November 15, 2021.
27. Web site: Bangor FD looking for violations in 500 apartment buildings. NEWS CENTER.
28. Web site: FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1504446. docquery.fec.gov.
29. Web site: Collins. Steve. 2021-06-02. Oakland Republican jumps into 2nd Congressional District race. live. 2021-06-04. Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Peggy Sheriff and Michael Sutton, both of Bangor, entered the contest but later said they won’t run after all.. https://web.archive.org/web/20210603031836/https://www.centralmaine.com/2021/06/02/oakland-republican-jumps-into-2nd-district-congressional-race/ . June 3, 2021 .
30. Web site: Andrews . Caitlin . Presque Isle lawmaker leaves Maine's 2nd District race to endorse Bruce Poliquin . www.observer-me.com . The Piscataquis Observer . 19 August 2021. August 19, 2021.
31. Web site: Collins. Steve. January 3, 2022. Maine's 2nd Congressional District race looking a lot like 2018 election. January 3, 2022. www.centralmaine.com. Kennebec Journal. en-US.
32. Web site: Lewiston conservative jumps into 2nd District congressional race. June 25, 2021. Collins, Steve. Sun Journal.
33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjucqtbNFkk YouTube
34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFsyqrsw0nE YouTube
35. https://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=80d9147a-d199-4663-8803-0453b2f6263b SurveyUSA
36. MaineSOS . Secretary of State of Maine . MESecOfState . 1593024792877146112 . Full Summary report here.