2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

For related races, see 2026 United States House of Representatives elections.
Not to be confused with 2026 Maine House of Representatives election.
2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
November 3, 2026
Both Maine seats to the United States House of Representatives
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 2 0

The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the State of Maine, one from each of the state's congressional districts. These elections will coincide with a U.S. Senate election, a gubernatorial election, and various other state, county and local elections. The primary elections are scheduled to take place on June 9, 2026.[1] Both the primaries and general election will be conducted with ranked-choice voting.

District 1

See also: Maine's 1st congressional district

The incumbent is Democrat Chellie Pingree, who was re-elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2024.[2] She is running for re-election.[3] State representative Tiffany Roberts has announced a challenge Pingree in the Democratic primary after she had earlier formed an exploratory committee, accusing Pingree of being insufficiently bipartisan.[4][5]

Three Republicans have filed FEC paperwork to run for the 1st district: Joshua James Duprey, Joshua Pietrowicz, and Ronald Russell. A fourth Republican, Andrew Piantidosi, initially filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination,[6] but later told WMTW that he was "suspending" his run.[7] Both Russell and Piantidosi ran for the 1st district in 2024, with Russell defeating Piantidosi in the primary.[8] A fifth Republican candidate, Sanford police chief Eric Small, also initially filed paperwork for a campaign, but withdrew in November 2025 and endorsed Russell while pivoting to a campaign for the Maine House of Representatives.[7]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Chellie Pingree
Labor unions
Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Chellie Pingree (D) $265,088 $233,940 $446,826
Tiffany Roberts (D) $13,228 $8,428 $4,799
Source: Federal Election Commission[13]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Ronald Russell, defense contractor and nominee for this district in 2024[14]
Filed paperwork
  • Joshua Duprey[15]
  • Joshua Pietrowicz, sales consultant and candidate for state representative in 2022[16]
Withdrawn

Endorsements

Ronald Russell
Individuals
  • Eric Small, Sanford police chief and former candidate for this district[7]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Joshua Pietrowicz (R) $500 $0 $500
Ronald Russell (R) $11,051 $21,833 $3,438
Source: Federal Election Commission[13]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[17] Solid D November 6, 2025
Inside Elections[18] Solid D November 5, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[19] Safe D November 5, 2025
Race to the WH[20] Safe D November 6, 2025

District 2

See also: Maine's 2nd congressional district

The incumbent is Democrat Jared Golden, who was re-elected with 50.3% of the vote in 2024,[2] and is one of 17 Democratic congresspeople representing districts Donald Trump carried in 2024. The district voted for Trump by 9.5% in 2024 while re-electing Golden by less than one percent, making it the most presidentially-Republican congressional district held by a Democrat in the country, and is considered one of the best opportunities in non-redistricted seats for a Republican pickup. Despite initially announcing a campaign for re-election,[21] Golden withdrew from his re-election campaign in November 2025 and is not seeking a fifth term.[22] Golden was being challenged in the Democratic primary by Maine State Auditor Matthew Dunlap, who argued that Golden votes with congressional Republicans too often.[23] Dunlap is continuing his campaign following Golden's withdrawal,[24] and has the support of Mike Michaud, who held this seat from 2003 to 2015.[25] Jordan Wood, a Lewiston native and former chief of staff to former California U.S. Representative Katie Porter, initially ran for Maine's U.S. Senate seat up in 2026, but announced that he was switching from the Senate race to the 2nd district race following Golden's November withdrawal.[26] State Senator Joe Baldacci, younger brother of former Maine governor and congressman for Maine's 2nd district John Baldacci, entered the race on January 12, 2026.[27] Baldacci had previously run for this seat in 2016, but withdrew before the primary.[28] Two other Democrats have filed paperwork to run for the seat: Paige Loud and Louis Sigel.[29][30]

On the Republican side, there are currently two candidates officially running as of December 2025. Former governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019 and Republican nominee for governor in the 2022 Maine gubernatorial election Paul LePage announced a campaign for the 2nd district in May 2025, and Army veteran and former Democrat James L. Clark, entered the race in November of 2025.[31][32] Despite losing the 2022 election by about 13 percentage points, LePage nonetheless narrowly carried the 2nd congressional district in that election by about two percentage points over incumbent Democratic governor Janet Mills.[33] LePage has the support of former state representative Austin Theriault, the 2024 nominee for this seat who very narrowly lost the race by less than one percentage point against Golden, and of President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson.[34][35]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
Filed paperwork
Potential
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Joe Baldacci
State legislators
Matt Dunlap
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Jordan Wood
U.S. representatives
State officials
Jared Golden (withdrawn)
Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Matthew Dunlap (D) $290,329 $135,659 $154,670
Jordan Wood (D) $4,318,384 $3,685,782 $632,602
Source: Federal Election Commission[51]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Baldacci 		Matthew
Dunlap 		Jordan
Wood 		Undecided
Pan Atlantic Research[52][A] November 29 – December 7, 2025 145 (LV) ± 8.4% 42% 10% 10% 38%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Filed paperwork
  • Gavin Solomon, businessman from New York[53]
Declined

Endorsements

Paul LePage
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
State legislators

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Paul LePage (R) $1,224,151 $373,129 $851,023
Source: Federal Election Commission[51]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[17] Likely R (flip) November 6, 2025
Inside Elections[18] Likely R (flip) November 5, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[19] Lean R (flip) November 5, 2025
Race to the WH[20] Lean R (flip) November 6, 2025

Polling

Joe Baldacci vs. Paul LePage

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Baldacci (D) 		Paul
LePage (R) 		Undecided
Pan Atlantic Research (D)[52][A] November 29 – December 7, 2025 387 (LV) ± 5.1% 43% 44% 13%

Matt Dunlap vs. Paul LePage

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Dunlap (D) 		Paul
LePage (R) 		Undecided
The Mellman Group (D)[55][B] June 4–10, 2025 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 37% 47% 16%
Hypothetical polling

Jared Golden vs. Paul LePage

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Jared
Golden (D) 		Paul
LePage (R) 		Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire[56] October 16–21, 2025 546 (LV) – 44% 49% 3% 3%
University of New Hampshire[57] June 19–23, 2025 394 (V) ± 4.9% 47% 50% 2% 1%
The Mellman Group (D)[55][B] June 4–10, 2025 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 44% 43% – 12%
Ragnar Research Partners (R)[58][C] April 13–15, 2025 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 43% 48% – 9%

Generic Democrat vs. Generic Republican

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Democrat 		Generic
Republican 		Undecided
Ragnar Research Partners (R)[58][C] April 13–15, 2025 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 38% 47% 9%

Notes

  1. ^ Walsh held office as a Republican, but joined the Democratic Party in 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b Poll commissioned by Baldacci
  2. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Golden's campaign
  3. ^ a b Poll sponsored by the Congressional Leadership Fund

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