Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles advance in Maine governor’s race
Hannah Pingree and Bobby Charles won after ranked-choice tabulation, setting up a three-way November race with independent Rick Bennett.
- On Friday, Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles secured their party nominations for governor after ranked-choice runoffs concluded early Friday morning in Augusta.
- Ranked-Choice voting, used in Maine for 10 years, triggered these runoffs because no candidate in either party secured 50% of the popular vote on June 9.
- Pingree, the former Maine House Speaker, ran on her legislative experience and endorsement from Gov. Mills, while Charles, an attorney and lobbyist, built his campaign largely on social media and promised to slash the state budget.
- Vying to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, Pingree and Charles will face independent candidate Rick Bennett in November's general election, which will not use ranked-choice voting.
- This gubernatorial contest arrives amid seismic shifts in Maine politics, with voters set to determine the future leadership of the Blaine House when Mills' term ends early next year.
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