Maine 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Maine 2009 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.

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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

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).



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^th 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

Class 2	Republican	Senator Susan M. Collins • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Chellie M. Pingree • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Michael H. Michaud • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 3 incumbents
	• Republican: 2 incumbents
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.