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1 State offices  



1.1  Maine Senate  





1.2  Maine House of Representatives  







2 Federal offices  



2.1  President and vice president of the United States  





2.2  United States Senate  





2.3  United States House of Representatives  







3 See also  





4 References  





5 External links  














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Ageneral election was held in the U.S. stateofMaine on November 3, 2020.[1] The office of the Maine Secretary of State oversaw the election process, including voting and vote counting.[2]

Tovote 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 had arrived at the relevant clerk's office by 8pm on November 3.[5]

State offices[edit]

Maine Senate[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

President and vice president of the United States[edit]

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[edit]

[6] One of Maine's two United States Senators was up for election. Incumbent Republican Susan Collins won with 51% of the votes.

United States House of Representatives[edit]

Both of Maine's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. 2 Democrats were elected. No seats changed hands.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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
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