2026 elections · Maine
Maine, followed.
3 federal races with FEC money on file: $72M raised by campaigns and $21M in reported outside spending. Then what happens after the vote.
After the vote / Nov 3, 2026 general election
After the vote in Maine.
Results stay unofficial until they are certified. These are the deadlines and rules that come next, each with the record it comes from.
Next dates
- Recount request deadline
A non-winning candidate files a written request within 5 business days of the election. In ranked-choice races, candidates in the top three of the penultimate round have 5 business days after results are announced.date computed from the rule
21-A M.R.S. § 737-A, recountMaine Secretary of State: general election update - Statewide certification
The Secretary of State certifies official results within 20 days of the election.date computed from the rule
Maine Secretary of State: general election update
Recounts
Automatic recount: none confirmed in the sources read.
Requested recount: A non-winning candidate files a written request within 5 business days of the election. In ranked-choice races, candidates in the top three of the penultimate round have 5 business days after results are announced. Deadline: Tue, Nov 10 (computed). 21-A M.R.S. § 737-A, recountMaine Secretary of State: general election update
Races where no one wins a majority of first choices go to a ranked-choice tabulation in Augusta.
Not confirmed here: county certification, ballot cure deadline, late mail ballot rule. A missing item means it was not verified, not that no rule exists.
Compiled Nov 5, 2026 from state election offices, calendars and statutes, read through search excerpts of those official pages rather than page by page; each item links its source. Deadlines can move by court order or holiday rules; the state election office is the final word.
Every federal race.
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- Maine U.S. Senate Troy Dale Jackson (Democrat), Susan M. Collins (Republican), Jordan Wood (Democrat)$56M raised · $15M outside
- Maine U.S. House District 1 Chellie M Pingree (Democrat), Ronald Charles Russell (Republican), Tiffany Danielle Roberts (Democrat)$801K raised · $10 outside
- Maine U.S. House District 2 Jordan Wood (Democrat), Matt Dunlap (Democrat), Paul Lepage (Republican)$15M raised · $5.9M outside
Outside groups in Maine.
Summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side, so these totals are a floor.
- PINE TREE RESULTS PAC$8.9M against Graham Platner
- CLF$2.2M against Matt Dunlap
- HMP$2.1M against Paul Lepage
- GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC$1.6M for Troy Dale Jackson · $351K against Susan M. Collins
- PROJECT 218$907K for Joseph Baldacci
- SLF PAC$626K for Susan M. Collins · $250K against Graham Platner
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES$754K against Susan M. Collins
- LEAD MAINE COMMITTEE, INC.$638K for Susan M. Collins · $103K against Graham Platner
- CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC.$616K for Susan M. Collins
- STRONGER MAINE$539K for Susan M. Collins
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.