2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

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All 2 Maine seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 2 0 Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 379,824 274,572 Percentage 57.99% 41.92% Swing 0.04% 0.12%
District results County results Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Republican   40–50%   50–60%

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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
			No.	%	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic Party	2	371,704	55.98%	383,766	58.24%	2		100%
	Republican Party	2	270,256	40.7%	275,138	41.76%	0		0%
	Independent	1	22,048	3.32%			0		0%
Total		5	664,008	100%	658,904	100%	2		100%

Popular vote Democratic   58.24% Republican   41.76%

House seats Democratic   100%

District

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

District	Democratic				Republican				Others				First round total		Second round total		Result
	First round votes	First round %	Second round votes	Second round %	First round votes	First round %	Second round votes	Second round votes %	First round votes	First round %	Second round votes	Second round %	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	218,630	%	218,630	%	128,996	%	128,996	%	0	0%	0	0%	347,988	100.00%	347,988	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 2	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

2022 Maine's 1st congressional district election

←  2020 2024 →

Nominee Chellie Pingree Ed Thelander Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 218,630 128,996 Percentage 62.9% 37.0%

County results Municipality results Pingree:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Thelander:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Tie:       No votes:

U.S. Representative before election Chellie Pingree Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree Democratic

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]

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chellie Pingree (incumbent)	43,007	100.0
Total votes			43,007	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ed Thelander, retired Navy SEAL ^{[7] [2]}

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Thelander	22,346	100.0
Total votes			22,346	100.0

General election

Debate

2022 Maine's 1st congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Chellie Pingree	Ed Thelander
1	Oct. 13, 2022	Maine Public Broadcasting Network Portland Press Herald		YouTube	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [8]	Solid D	October 5, 2021
Inside Elections [9]	Solid D	October 11, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10]	Safe D	October 5, 2021
Politico [11]	Solid D	April 5, 2022
RCP [12]	Safe D	June 9, 2022
Fox News [13]	Solid D	July 11, 2022
DDHQ [14]	Solid D	July 20, 2022
538 [15]	Solid D	June 30, 2022
The Economist [16]	Safe D	September 28, 2022

Polling

Graphical summary

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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

Results

2022 Maine's 1st congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chellie Pingree (incumbent)	219,753	62.9
	Republican	Ed Thelander	129,263	37.0
	Write-in		160	0.0
Total votes			349,176	100
	Democratic hold

District 2

2022 Maine's 2nd congressional district election

←  2020 2024 →

Nominee Jared Golden Bruce Poliquin Tiffany Bond Party Democratic Republican Independent First round 153,074 48.4% 141,260 44.7% 21,555 6.9% Maximum round 165,136 53.1% 146,142 46.9% Eliminated

First round county results Golden:     40–50%      50–60% Poliquin:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Jared Golden Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Jared Golden Democratic

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. ^[17]

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 ^{[18] [19] [2]}

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Golden (incumbent)	25,684	100.0
Total votes			25,684	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bruce Poliquin, former U.S. Representative from Maine's 2nd congressional district ^{[29] [30]}

Eliminated in primary

• Liz Caruso, Caratunk first selectman ^[31]

Withdrew

• Mike Perkins, state representative ^{[32] [33] [34]}
• Peggy Sheriff, member of the Greater Bangor Apartment Owners and Managers Association ^{[35] [36] [29]}
• Trey Stewart, state senator (endorsed Poliquin) ^[37]

Declined

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

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Poliquin	22,149	60.1
	Republican	Liz Caruso	14,699	39.9
Total votes			36,848	100.0

Independents

Candidates

Declared

• Tiffany Bond, family attorney, candidate for this district in 2018, and write-in candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 ^[39]

Disqualified/withdrawn

• Jordan Borrowman, janitor ^[40]

General election

Debate

2022 Maine U.S. House of Representatives debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican	Independent
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Jared Golden	Bruce Poliquin	Tiffany Bond
1	Sep. 26, 2022	Maine Public Broadcasting Network Portland Press Herald Lewiston Sun Journal	Jennifer Rooks	YouTube	A	A	P
2	Sep. 30, 2022	WCSH	Pat Callaghan	YouTube	P	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [8]	Tossup	October 5, 2021
Inside Elections [9]	Tilt D	October 21, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10]	Lean D	November 7, 2022
Politico [11]	Tossup	April 5, 2022
RCP [12]	Tossup	June 9, 2022
Fox News [13]	Tossup	October 11, 2022
DDHQ [14]	Lean R (flip)	November 8, 2022
538 [15]	Lean D	September 4, 2022
The Economist [16]	Tossup	November 1, 2022

Polling

Graphical summary

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Jared Golden (D)	Bruce Poliquin (R)	Tiffany Bond (I)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA	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%

Results

Maine's 2nd congressional district, 2022 results [41]
Party		Candidate	Round 1			Round 2
			Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Golden (incumbent)	153,074	48.38%	+ 12,062	165,136	53.05%
	Republican	Bruce Poliquin	141,260	44.65%	+ 4,882	146,142	46.95%
	Independent	Tiffany Bond	21,655	6.84%	- 21,655	Eliminated
	Write-in		393	0.12%	- 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

References

External links

• Elections & Voting division of the Maine Secretary of State
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Maine", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Maine: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Maine". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Maine 2021 & 2022 Elections, OpenSecrets

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