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Maine elections

2026 forecasts, districts, polling and election information

U.S. Senate

Maine Senate

D 59%

Susan Collins · Troy Jackson

October 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (00:55 UTC).

Governor

Maine Governor

D 98%

Bobby Charles · Hannah Pingree

October 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (00:55 UTC).

U.S. House districts

Competitive means Lean or Toss-up: the favorite’s displayed chance is below 85%. A party assignment is not a candidate win probability.

ME-1: D >99%ME-2: R 56%21
Safe DLean DToss-upLean RSafe RHatched: party counted directly, including same-party contests · Gray: forecast withheld
Every mapped district is also listed in the table below.
U.S. House districts
DistrictCandidates on recordForecast / statusRatingForecast date
ME-1Chellie Pingree · Ronald RussellD >99%Safe DOctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)
ME-2Matthew Dunlap · Paul LePageR 56%Toss-upOctober 31, 2026, 12:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (07:04 UTC)

State legislature

Updated October 31, 2026, 05:30 UTC.

These are separate party-majority chances, not the chance of joint control. A tie, independent members or a coalition can leave neither party with a majority. The initial model has limited validation; read the evidence and limitations.

State legislature
ChamberSeats upMajority thresholdDemocratic majorityRepublican majority
Maine House1517671%29%
Maine Senate351896%4%

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Polls and forecasts answer different questions. Each forecast above keeps its own run date. No separate state-environment estimate or joint trifecta probability is implied by these panels.

Official ballot and election rules

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