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Maine's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Maine. The geographically smaller of the state's two congressional districts, the district covers the southern coastal area of the state. The district consists of all of Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and York counties, and most of Kennebec County.
Unlike every other U.S. state except for Nebraska, Maine apportions two of its Electoral College votes according to congressional district, making each district its own separate battleground in US presidential elections. Following the 2016 elections, the 2nd district had the sole Republican representative in New England.
The last two elections, Maine’s second district’s electoral vote has gone to Trump. “In a blowout election, it doesn’t matter very much,” Melcher said. “But in a lot of these races, I ...
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden won the ranked choice vote with 50.35% for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which election officials determined Friday through a tabulation process ...
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. 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 ...
Harris leads the state overall, 52% to 41%, but Maine awards one electoral vote to the winner of each congressional district, in addition to the two electoral votes given to the winner of the ...
The 2nd district covers most of northern rural Maine, including the cities of Lewiston, Bangor, Auburn and Presque Isle. The incumbent was Democrat Jared Golden , who flipped the district and was elected with 50.6% of the vote in 2018, [ 4 ] making him the first member of Congress to be elected by ranked choice voting . [ 20 ]
The 2nd Congressional District is far more rural and geographically much larger than Maine's other district, which leans more heavily Democratic and is based around Portland.