| 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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19 December 2008 certified returns: Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions - Tabulations for Elections held in 2008 24 September 2008: Synchronized with Maine Bureau of Corporation, Elections and Commissions. The state legislators who will meet over the two years from 2009 through 2010 will make up the 124th MAINE LEGISLATURE. (NOTE: the numbering of Maine's LEGISLATURES dates back to its Admission as a State in 1820: the Legislature beginning in 1821 and ending in 1822 was the 1st; each session was thereafter numbered consecutively on an annual basis (the legislators of both houses being elected for one-year terms) through the 59th, which ended in 1880; the 60th Legislature, the first for which both chambers were elected for two-year terms, was in session from 1881 thru 1882 and every Maine Legislature from then on has, therefore, been numbered on such a biennial basis). 19 September 2008: Preliminary -- synchronized with Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions - Upcoming Electons 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. 10 June 2008 Primary results from a media source. |
| 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.), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Democratic | 421,923 | 57.71% | Senator Barack Hussein Obama (4 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338: $778,642,047 |
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Republican | 295,273 | 40.38% | Senator John Sidney McCain, III • Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin • FEC P80002801: $399,826,076 |
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Independent | 10,636 | 1.45% | Ralph Nader • Vice President: Matt Gonzalez • FEC P20000527: $4,520,160 |
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Green | 2,900 | 0.40% | former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney • Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente • FEC P80004930: $240,360 |
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Scattering | 431 | 0.06% | OTHERS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Write-in; (HeartQuake '08) | Jonathan Edward Allen • Vice President: Jeffrey Stath • FEC P80005119: $95,029 |
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Write-in; (Constitution) | Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin • Vice President: Darrell L. Castle • FEC P80005499: $262,010 |
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Write-in; (Libertarian) | former Congressman Bob Barr • Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root The candidate who receives the greatest number of votes statewide receives 2 electors. The candidate who receives the greatest number of votes in each Congressional District receives that district's elector.
• FEC P80005580: $1,405,899 |
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| Total | 731,163 | 100.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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Republican | Senator Susan M. Collins • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary |
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| Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Senator Susan M. Collins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Republican | 444,300 | 61.33% | Senator Susan M. Collins • FEC S6ME00159: $7,593,350 |
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Democratic | 279,510 | 38.58% | Congressman Thomas H. "Tom" Allen • Congressman CD 1 • FEC S8ME00080: $5,998,773 |
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Scattering | 620 | 0.09% | OTHERS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Write-in; (Unenrolled) | Roscoe I. Bartlett, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Write-in; (Independent) | Laurie Dobson • 9 September 2008: Filed a U.S. District Court lawsuit (Dobson v Dunlap) regarding ballot access against the Maine Secretary of State. She lost the case on 17 September and is removed from the ballot. Ms. Dobson submitted her petitions to the town clerks on time however some clerks did not submit the petitions to the Secretary of State by the deadline. • FEC S8ME00098: $14,262 |
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Write-in; (Independent) | Herbert J. Hoffman • 30 June 2008: The Maine Democratic Party is challenging Mr. Hoffman's candidacy petitions in Superior Court. A Maine Superior Court ruled in favor of Mr. Hoffman on 14 June but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously removed him on 28 July 2008. On 14 August 2008, Mr. Hoffman requested injunctive relief from the U.S. Supreme Court however on 20 August 2008 Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter turned down a request that would have given an independent candidate in Maine for the U.S. Senate a place on the General Election ballot. On 29 August, injunctive relief was denied in Federal Court. He is now running as a write-in candidate. He filed an emergency motion with the U.S. District Court on 5 September 2008 requesting it to reconsider however the motion was denied on 9 September. • FEC S8ME00114: $43,301 |
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| Total | 724,430 | 100.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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Green | Lynne Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Polls: Democratic former Senate Majority Leader Chellie M. "Hannah" Pingree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Democratic | 205,629 | 54.90% | former Senate Majority Leader Chellie M. Pingree • FEC H8ME01120: $2,239,046 |
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Republican | 168,930 | 45.10% | former state Senator Charles Edward "Charlie" Summers, Jr. • Currently deployed in Iraq • FEC H4ME01111: $655,635 |
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| Total | 374,559 | 100.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Michael H. Michaud • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary |
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| Polls: Democratic Congressman Michael H. Michaud | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Democratic | 226,274 | 67.44% | Congressman Michael H. Michaud • FEC H2ME02097: $792,499 |
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Republican | 109,268 | 32.56% | Farmington Selectman John Newton Frary • FEC H8ME02128: $293,611 |
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| Total | 335,542 | 100.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. |