Election 2018
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PublishedDecember 6, 2018
Long recount could leave Maine’s 2nd District seat vacant when Congress begins new term
A spokesman for Jared Golden says delaying his swearing-in to the U.S. House would only hurt the people who elected him.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2018
With 2nd District recount set to start, judge says he’ll rule soon on ranked-choice challenge
Lance Walker, who heard opposing arguments Wednesday by the state and the Poliquin campaign, must decide whether Maine's voter-approved election system is constitutional.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2018
Ballot recount in 2nd Congressional District race starts Thursday
The process, involving the hand-counting of nearly 300,000 votes and several tabulation rounds under ranked-choice voting, could take four weeks, not counting the holidays.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2018
Golden’s lawyer calls Poliquin suit ‘sour grapes’
In a legal filing, Jared Golden's attorney also says that the court should not allow Poliquin to 'change the rules' after the election.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2018
Contesting ranked-choice loss, Rep. Poliquin asks judge to order a new election
The Republican representative, who was defeated by Democrat Jared Golden in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, continues to look for ways to invalidate the results.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Poliquin says recount needed to address ‘chaotic’ ranked-choice process
But clerks from several of the 2nd Congressional District's largest communities dispute that portrayal of the election, which ended with Democrat Jared Golden beating the incumbent by more than 3,500 votes.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2018
After extensive losses, Maine Republicans regrouping and strategizing
Still in postmortem mode over the midterms, when the party suffered defeats for governor, Congress and control of the Legislature, its leaders muse on how to win over voters in 2020.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2018
Maine’s pioneering ranked-choice election likely to catch on nationally
Voting experts say the fact that it went smoothly bodes well for broader adoption.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2018
Most per vote, $131, spent on Golden in 2nd District
Total expenditures in the race – $31 million – was almost twice as much as in 2016.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2018
Democrat Andrew Gillum concedes to DeSantis in Florida’s governor’s race
Gillum had conceded to DeSantis on election night, but retracted it after the margin between the two candidates narrowed and a recount was ordered.
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