Maine 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Maine 2005 Off Year Elections

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Maine
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,277,731	(0.45% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	968,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	882,337
Capital:	Augusta

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Maine State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Republican	Senator Olympia J. Snowe • First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
	Democratic	(pending) • Possible candidate: Jean Hay Bright

Class 2	Republican	Senator Susan M. Collins • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor John E. Baldacci • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

CD 1	Democratic	Congressman Thomas H. Allen • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2	Democratic	Congressman Michael H. Michaud • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

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.

	• Constitution
	• Democratic
	• Green Independent
	• Libertarian
	• Republican
	• Veterans Party of America