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2026 Maine Gubernatorial Election
The 2026 Maine gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the 76th governor of Maine. Incumbent Maine Democratic Party, Democratic governor Janet Mills, who was elected in 2018 Maine gubernatorial election, 2018 and reelected in 2022 Maine gubernatorial election, 2022, is constitutionally term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term. This election will coincide with a United States Senate, U.S. Senate 2026 United States Senate election in Maine, election, United States House of Representatives, U.S. House 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, elections for Maine's two Maine's congressional districts, congressional districts, and various other state, county, and local elections. The primary elections will be held on June 9, 2026. Background Incumbent governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, was re-elected with 55.69% of the vote in 2022 Maine gubernatorial election, 2022 over Republican former go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Governor Of Maine
The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive. The current governor of Maine is Janet Mills, a Democrat, who took office January 2, 2019. The governor of Maine receives a salary of $70,000, which is the lowest salary out of all 50 state governors, as of 2022. This will be raised to $125,000 upon a new governor taking office in 2026, per a bill passed in 2025, as the Maine Constitution prohibits changing the salary of the sitting governor. Eligibility Under Article V, Section 4, a person must as of the commencement of the term in office, be 30 years old, for 15 years a citizen of the United States, and for five years a resident of Maine. A governor must retain residency in Maine while in office. Section 5 provides that a person shall not assume the office of Governor [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2014 United States Senate Election In Maine
The 2014 United States Senate election in Maine took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican Senator Susan Collins, who had served in the position since 1997, won election to a fourth term in office with 68% of the vote. The primary elections were held on June 10, 2014. This was the only Republican-held Senate seat up for election in a state that Barack Obama won in the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 presidential election. As of , this was the last time a Republican won the counties of Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland and Knox County, Maine, Knox in a statewide election and the last time any party carried every county in Maine. Republican primary Candidates Declared * Susan Collins, incumbent U.S. senator Write-in candidates * Erick Bennett, conservative activist and director of the Maine Equal Rights Center (unenrolled as a Republican, see Campaign section) Declined * Scott D'Amboise, former Lisbon Falls, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maine Secretary Of State
The secretary of state of Maine is a constitutional officer in the U.S. state of Maine and serves as the head of the Maine Department of State. The Secretary of State performs duties of both a legislative branch as well as an executive branch officer. The role oversees areas that include motor vehicle licensing, state identification, record keeping, and corporate chartering. The secretary of state is elected biannually by ballot of members of both houses of the Maine Legislature assembled together, identical in procedure to its neighbor, New Hampshire. The position is elected at the start of the first session of the Maine Legislature, which also sits for a two-year term, concurrent with the other constitutional officers of Maine. The incumbent secretary of state is Shenna Bellows, who took office on January 4, 2021. Duties The secretary of state oversees three distinct areas within their department. These coincide with the three bureaus under their aegis: the Maine Burea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shenna Bellows
Shenna Lee Bellows (born March 23, 1975) is an American politician and a non-profit executive director. On December 2, 2020, the Maine Legislature elected her to serve as the 50th Maine secretary of state. She was executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine between 2018 and 2020, and she served as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maine between 2005 and 2013. Bellows was the Maine Democratic Party nominee in the 2014 United States Senate election in Maine, and was defeated by incumbent Republican Susan Collins. In 2016, she won election to the Maine Senate, and she served until resigning in 2020 when she became a candidate in the legislative election for secretary of state. On December 28, 2023, Bellows ruled that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would be barred from the Maine primary ballot due to his conduct during the January 6 United States Capitol attack, pending an appeal. In the aftermath of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1962 Maine Gubernatorial Election
The 1962 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican Governor John Reed, had been elected in 1960 in a special election to finish the final two years of Clinton Clauson's term following his death, and was seeking a full term of his own. He faced off against Democratic challenger Maynard C. Dolloff. Reed was re-elected by one of the narrowest margins in Maine history — a mere 483 votes. This is the last time a Republican won a majority of the vote in a Maine gubernatorial election. Republican primary Governor Reed was unopposed in the GOP primary. Democratic primary Candidates *Maynard C. Dolloff, former State Grange Master, of Gray * Richard Dubord, Democratic National Committee member, of Waterville Results Dolloff won the Democratic nomination by a narrow margin, defeating DNC member Richard Dubord by 227 votes. Results Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican * Kennebec (largest city: Augusta) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maine Legislature
The Maine State Legislature is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The legislature convenes at the Maine State House, State House in Augusta, Maine, Augusta, where it has met since 1832. The House of Representatives consists of 151 members, each chosen from single-member constituencies. The House is uniquely the only State legislature (United States), state legislative body in the U.S. to set aside special seats for Native Americans in the United States, American Indians, where there are three non-voting Representatives from the Penobscot people, Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and the Maliseet people, Houlton Band of Maliseets. The Senate currently has 35 members, though under the Maine Constitution there may be 31, 33, or 35. History In 1922, Dora Pinkham became the first woman elected to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female, first African American, and first Asian American U.S. vice president, and the highest-ranking female and Asian American official in U.S. history. Harris represented California in the U.S. senate from 2017 to 2021 and was the Attorney General of California, attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2024 United States presidential election, 2024 presidential election. Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her law career in the office of the district attorney of Alameda County. Harris was recruited t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 United States Presidential Election In Maine
The 2024 United States presidential election in Maine took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the Washington, D.C., District of Columbia participated. Maine voters chose electors to represent them in the United States Electoral College, Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Maine has four electoral votes in the Electoral College, following United States congressional apportionment, reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. This election coincided with five referendum questions including a 2024 Maine Question 5, referendum to change the state flag, as well as a United States Senate, U.S. Senate 2024 United States Senate election in Maine, election, United States House of Representatives, U.S. House 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, elections for the state's two Maine's congressional district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1992 United States Presidential Election In Maine
The 1992 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president. Maine was won by List of governors of Arkansas, Governor Bill Clinton (Democratic Party (United States), D-Arkansas) with 38.77% of the popular vote over businessman Ross Perot (Independent politician, I-Texas) with 30.44%. Incumbent president George H. W. Bush (Republican Party (United States), R-Texas) finished in third, close behind Perot, with 30.39% of the popular vote. Despite the Bush family having ties to Maine, with Bush owning a Walker's Point Estate, house in Kennebunkport, Maine, Perot beat Bush for second place in the state by a slim margin of 316 votes, making Maine one of two states where Perot finished bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Red States And Blue States
Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections. By contrast, states where the predominant vote fluctuates between Democratic and Republican candidates are known as "swing states" or "purple states". Examining patterns within states reveals that the Sixth Party System#Scholarly perspectives, reversal of the two parties' geographic bases has happened at the state level, but it is more complicated locally, with urban-rural divides associated with many of the largest changes. All states contain both liberal and conservative voters (i.e., they are "purple") and only appear blue or red on the electoral map because of the Plurality voting, winner-take-all system used by mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
