2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The elections will be conducted with ranked choice voting, as per the result of a referendum passed in 2016. These will be the first House of Representatives elections held in Maine following the 2020 redistricting cycle.

For related races, see 2022 United States House of Representatives elections.

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
November 8, 2022
All 2 Maine seats to the United States House of Representatives
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 2 0
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District 1
See also: Maine's 1st congressional district

Before redistricting, the 1st district encompassed the southern coastal area of the state, taking in Portland, Augusta, Brunswick and Saco. The incumbent is Democrat Chellie Pingree, who was re-elected with 62.2% of the vote in 2020.[1]

Declared

Endorsements
Chellie Pingree
Organizations
Declared

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[7] Solid D October 5, 2021
Inside Elections[8] Solid D October 11, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Safe D October 5, 2021
Politico[10] Solid D April 5, 2022

District 2
See also: Maine's 2nd congressional district

Before redistricting, the 2nd district covered most of northern rural Maine, including the cities of Lewiston, Bangor, Auburn and Presque Isle. The incumbent is Democrat Jared Golden, who was re-elected with 53.0% of the vote in 2020.[1] Donald Trump won the district in the concurrent presidential election.[11]

Declared
Did not file

Endorsements
Jared Golden
Organizations
Declared
Did not file
Withdrew
Potential

Endorsements
Bruce Poliquin
State legislators
Organizations

Independents
  • Tiffany Bond, family attorney, candidate for this district in 2018, and write-in candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020[31]
  • Jordan Borrowman, janitor[32]

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[7] Tossup October 5, 2021
Inside Elections[8] Tossup October 11, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Tossup October 5, 2021
Politico[10] Tossup April 5, 2022

References
  1. "November 3, 2020 General Election". Maine Department of Secretary of State. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  2. Piper, Jessica (March 15, 2022). "Bruce Poliquin primary challenger makes Maine ballot ahead of key deadline". Bangor Daily News.
  3. "2022 Feminist Majority PAC Endorsements". feministmajoritypac.org. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. "LCV Action Fund Announces Second Round of Incumbent House Endorsements". www.lcv.org. March 3, 2022.
  5. "Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorsed Candidates". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  6. "Republican announces 1st District campaign against Rep. Pingree". August 30, 2021.
  7. "2022 House Race Ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  8. "House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  9. "2022 House Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  10. "2022 Election Forecast". Politico. April 5, 2022.
  11. Ferris, Sarah. "The former Marine who holds Democrats' Trumpiest district". POLITICO.
  12. Collins, Steve (March 15, 2021). "Bangor Democrat seeks to challenge Jared Golden in a primary". Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  13. Collins, Steve (November 22, 2021). "A Bangor Democrat takes aim at Jared Golden in potential primary". Sun Journal. Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021. Sutton had filed to run last spring but then declared he wouldn’t follow through on it. But he filed again last week and insisted he’s in it for the duration.
  14. "DMFI PAC releases second slate of endorsements of pro-Israel Democrats". Jewish News Syndicate. March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  15. "End Citizens United - Candidates". End Citizens United. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  16. Manchester, Julia (November 16, 2021). "Abortion rights group endorsing 12 House Democrats". The Hill. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  17. Axelrod, Tal (October 14, 2021). "Anti-Trump Republicans endorsing vulnerable Democrats to prevent GOP takeover". The Hill.
  18. "Endorsed Candidates". proisraelamerica.org.
  19. Collins, Steve (November 15, 2021). "Caratunk woman enters race against Bruce Poliquin for election to Maine's 2nd District". www.sunjournal.com. Sun Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  20. Collins, Steve (June 2, 2021). "Oakland Republican jumps into 2nd Congressional District race". Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021. Peggy Sheriff and Michael Sutton, both of Bangor, entered the contest but later said they won’t run after all.
  21. "Former US Rep. Bruce Poliquin will run for rematch with Jared Golden in 2022". August 4, 2021.
  22. Collins, Steve (December 1, 2021). "Bangor Republican announces he will run against Bruce Poliquin". www.sunjournal.com. Sun Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  23. Collins, Steve (October 25, 2021). "Trump loyalist takes aim at Rep. Jared Golden in Maine's 2nd District". www.sunjournal.com. Sun Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  24. Shepherd, Michael (December 20, 2021). "Republican leaves 2nd District primary but still says he could have beaten Bruce Poliquin". www.bangordailynews.com. Bangor Daily News. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  25. "Don't start writing Golden's political obituary just yet". The Ellsworth American. April 30, 2021.
  26. "Caratunk official and CMP critic joins GOP race for Maine's 2nd District". November 15, 2021.
  27. "Bangor FD looking for violations in 500 apartment buildings". NEWS CENTER.
  28. "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1504446". docquery.fec.gov.
  29. Andrews, Caitlin. "Presque Isle lawmaker leaves Maine's 2nd District race to endorse Bruce Poliquin". www.observer-me.com. The Piscataquis Observer. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  30. Axelrod, Tal (January 5, 2022). "GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund unveils first midterm endorsements". www.thehill.com. The Hill. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  31. Collins, Steve (January 3, 2022). "Maine's 2nd Congressional District race looking a lot like 2018 election". www.centralmaine.com. Kennebec Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  32. "Lewiston conservative jumps into 2nd District congressional race". June 25, 2021.
Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates
Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates
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