Maine, Nevada, Illinois and New Mexico are “red” states - who knew?......
Maine splits its electoral votes.
Candidate Trump won Maine’s Second Congressional District in 2016, 80% of the state, by 10 points for one electoral vote.
Our great conservative governor, Paul LePage, could not run for a third term because of term limits.
Republican businessman Shawn Moody ran a lackluster campaign and lost to Maine’s Democrat female attorney general, Janet Mills, 50% - 46%. Not happy about that.
The House race in CD-2 is tied 46% to 46% between incumbent GOP congressman Bruce Poliquin and liberal state representative and former Marine Jared Golden. The voters approved “rank choice” voting a year or so ago.... now the powers that be determine a winner from the “second choice” picks of the voters on their ballot (I did not choose a second candidate on my ballot).
Maine was trending purple, and the second district red, but last night was a setback.