2020 Maine elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Maine on November 3, 2020.[1] The office of the Maine Secretary of State oversees the election process, including voting and vote counting.[2]
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To vote by mail, registered Maine voters must have requested a ballot by October 29, 2020.[3] As of early October some 339,930 voters had requested mail ballots.[4] Each mailed ballot was counted if it arrived at the relevant clerk's office by 8pm on November 3rd.[5]
State offices
Maine Senate
All 35 seats of the Maine Senate were up for election. The Democratic Party won 22 seats and the Republican Party won 13 seats. Democrats gained Districts 13 and 34 while Republicans gained District 2.
Maine House of Representatives
All 151 seats in the Maine House of Representatives were up for election. The Democrats won 79 seats, Republicans won 66 seats, and independents won 5 seats.
Federal offices
President and vice president of the United States
Maine had 4 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Democrat Joe Biden won 3 electoral votes, the 2 statewide and the 1st congressional district, while Republican Donald Trump won 1 electoral vote from the 2nd congressional district
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
See also
References
- "Maine elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- Dionne Searcey (October 1, 2020), "When Your Job Is to Make Sure Nov. 3 Isn't a Disaster", Nytimes.com
- Lily Hay Newman (August 27, 2020), "How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts", Wired.com, archived from the original on October 6, 2020
- Michael P. McDonald, "2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics", U.S. Elections Project, retrieved October 10, 2020,
Detailed state statistics
- Evan Popp (October 6, 2020), "Mills not considering extending deadline for absentee ballot return", Mainebeacon.com, Maine People's Alliance
- Amber Phillips (September 16, 2020), "The Senate seats most likely to flip in November", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on September 16, 2020
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)
- National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "Maine 2019 & 2020 Elections", Followthemoney.org
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