2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine information
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
← 2016
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
2020 →
All 2 Maine seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Last election
1
1
Seats won
2
0
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
343,635
250,119
Percentage
55.12%
40.12%
Swing
3.19%
7.89%
Results by party gains
District results
County results
Democratic hold Democratic gain
Democratic
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Republican
40–50%
50–60%
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine were held on November 6, 2018, 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 the elections of other offices, including a gubernatorial election, other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.
These U.S. House elections were conducted with ranked-choice voting, as opposed to a simple plurality, after Maine voters passed a citizen referendum approving the change in 2016[1] and a June 2018 referendum sustaining the change.[2] Ranked-choice voting was used in the primary elections as well.[3]
While Rep. Chellie Pingree in District 1 was reelected with a majority, no candidate received a majority in District 2, which meant that the ranked-choice tabulation needed to occur. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who received a plurality of first-round votes, filed a federal lawsuit to halt that tabulation, arguing that ranked-choice voting was unconstitutional. The court ruled against Poliquin in his request for a motion on November 15 and against the lawsuit itself on December 13. On November 15, Jared Golden was declared the winner after the ranked-choice redistribution, becoming the first member of Congress to be elected via ranked-choice voting.
^"Maine became the first state in the country Tuesday to pass ranked choice voting". Boston Globe. November 10, 2016. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
^"Maine Voters Overrule Their Leaders". The Atlantic. June 15, 2018. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
^"Ranked-choice voting fans hope Maine's experiment pays off". Miami Herald. June 21, 2018. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
and 30 Related for: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine information
2024 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinMaine will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect both U.S. representatives from the State of Maine...
2022 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinMaine were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine...
2016 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinMaine were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine...
2020 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinMaine were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine...
1994 UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselections were held on November 8, 1994, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 104th UnitedStates Congress...
Global Information
