Governor
Maine
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 50 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 1,387,817 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,387,817 ÷ 1,387,817) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50, measured against a statewide vote in ME (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Normal · rated somewhat competitive as of August 12, 2026
Election analysts currently rate this race somewhat close. Rating from Inside Elections and University of Virginia's Sabato's Crystal Ball.
Show the decisiveness math
IE "Likely Democrat" (d=4) + Sabato "Likely Democratic" (d=4) → mean 4 → "somewhat competitive" → grade normal (d: toss-up 0, tilt 2, lean(s) 3, likely 4, solid/safe 5; mean, first match: <1 toss-up, <2.5 very competitive, <3.5 competitive, <4.5 somewhat competitive, otherwise not competitive; toss-up and very competitive grade high, competitive and somewhat competitive grade normal, not competitive grades low)
Normal representation + normal decisiveness → My vote power: Normal.
About this office
- Signing or vetoing bills that become state law
- Proposing the state budget for schools, roads, and health care
- Picking who leads state agencies
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Bobby Charles is a Maine attorney who served as U.S. assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs from 2003 to 2005. He earlier worked as a congressional staff director.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Democratic · declared
Hannah Pingree served in the Maine House from 2002 to 2010 and was speaker from 2008 to 2010, the youngest woman in the country to hold such a post. She then directed Maine's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future and co-chaired the Maine Climate Council.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 for
Independent/Unenrolled · declared
John M. Glowa Sr. is a retired Maine Department of Environmental Protection environmental specialist and a former appointee to Connecticut's Shelton Conservation Commission.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 for, Women's Reproductive Rights 1 for
Republican · declared
Randy Wilcox is listed by the Maine Secretary of State as a declared Republican write-in candidate for Governor.
Unaffiliated · declared
Rick Bennett is a Maine state senator from Oxford and a former president of the Maine Senate. A longtime Republican, he left the party to run as an independent.
Records: Environment and Public Health 6 for, 1 against, Housing Affordability 6 for, Corporate Accountability 5 for,
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ballotpedia.org