| The Green Papers: Maine 2008 General Election |
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Maine
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Primary: Tuesday 10 June 2008 General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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30 August 2007: As a cost-cutting measure, Maine is considering canceling the state's 2008 primary elections. Maine spends about $300,000 every other year on primaries. If the primaries are eliminated, parties would select their candidates by caucus. Media article. |
| President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes statewide receives 2 electors. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes in each of the 2 Congressional Districts receives that district's elector.) | |||||
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Republican | Senator Olympia J. Snowe • First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006 [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Susan M. Collins • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary |
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Democratic | Congressman Thomas H. "Tom" Allen • Congressman CD 1 • FEC S8ME00080: $3,657,555 |
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Democratic | Thomas John "Tom" Ledue • FEC S8ME00106: $36,890 |
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Republican | Senator Susan M. Collins • FEC S6ME00159: $5,069,190 |
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Independent | Laurie Dobson • FEC S8ME00098: $14,262 |
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Independent | Herbert J. Hoffman • FEC S8ME00114: Financial report not available |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor John Elias Baldacci • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (1 Open, 1 Renominated) | |||||
| CD 1 {map}  Open |
Democratic | Congressman Thomas H. "Tom" Allen • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Candidate for Senate in 2008 |
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Democratic | former state Senate Majority Leader Michael F. Brennan • FEC H8ME01138: $211,510 |
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Democratic | Adam Roland Cote • FEC H8ME01146: $464,952 |
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Democratic | Mark W. Lawrence • FEC H8ME01153: $416,438 |
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Democratic | Stephen Joseph "Steve" Meister • FEC H8ME01187: $88,850 |
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Democratic | former Senate Majority Leader Chellie M. "Hannah" Pingree • FEC H8ME01120: $1,122,235 |
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Democratic | state Senator Ethan K. Strimling • FEC H8ME01161: $501,124 |
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Republican | Dean P. Scontras • FEC H8ME01179: $274,882 |
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Republican | former state Senator Charles Edward "Charlie" Summers, Jr. • Currently deployed in Iraq • FEC H4ME01111: $186,142 |
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Independent | Peter Throumoulos | |||
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Democratic | Congressman Michael H. Michaud • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary |
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Democratic | Congressman Michael H. Michaud • FEC H2ME02097: $447,860 |
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Republican | Farmington Selectman John Newton Frary • FEC H8ME02128: Financial report not available |
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Independent | Tom Mooney | |||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |