JULY 16, 2020 ISLAND AD-VANTAGES 11

Mainers approve 2020 Primary

$120 million in Election Results Hill Blue Brooklin Brooksville Castine Isle Deer Haut au Isle Penobscot Sedgwick Stonington Surry Area TOTAL bonds DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES United States Senate Gideon wins, Crafts leads √ Sara Gideon, Freeport 427 153 139 151 303 21 156 163 133 205 1851 Bre Kidman, Saco 19 9 1 4 17 1 11 8 5 15 90 BY ANNE BERLEANT Elizabeth (Betsy) Sweet, Hallowell 169 49 70 31 74 9 79 77 28 68 654 BLUE HILL—With over 153,649 Representative to Congress, District 2 absentee ballots returned—about three times the number used in the 2019 √ , Lewiston 603 209 205 179 403 240 252 180 292 964 General Election— voters over- whelmingly approved funding high- District 7 speed internet infrastructure with a $15 √ Louis Luchini, Ellsworth 595 198 196 361 237 143 281 2011 million bond, and transportation infra- structure, with a $105 million bond. Te Maine Senate District 8 approvals open the door for over $300 Trudy Scee, Brewer 59 45 104 million in matching federal, private and local funds. √ Beverly Uhlenhake, Brewer 121 176 297 Local votes mirrored the statewide Maine Senate District 12 results where, with over 75 percent of precincts reporting, Question 1, High √ David Miramant, Camden 28 28 Speed Internet Infrastructure Bond Maine House District 131 Issue won by 75 percent or 169,625 votes, and Question 2, Transportation Infra- √ Veronica Magnan, Stockton Springs 209 209 structure Bond Issue won by 78 percent or 178,934 votes. Maine House District 133 Sara Gideon, speaker of the Maine √ Sarah Pebworth, Blue Hill 625 208 208 176 250 284 1751 House of Representatives, handily won the U.S. Senate Democratic nomination Maine House District 134 with 72 percent of votes, and will face Julie Eaton, Deer Isle 99 3 58 160 Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November. National eyes are already √ Genevieve McDonald, Stonington 329 39 138 506 tuned to this November race, with Hancock County Commissioner, District 1 Gideon polling slightly ahead of Collins before the primary. Betsy Sweet won 23 √ Rebecca Wentworth, Blue Hill 566 273 839 percent or 26,146 votes and Bre Kidman REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES 5.7 percent or 6,557 votes. Across the peninsula and Deer Isle, United States Senate Democrat voters supported Gideon 1,851 to Sweet’s 654 votes and Kidman’s √ Susan Collins, Bangor 189 59 78 60 124 4 119 87 63 196 979 90 votes. Amy Colter, Manchester (write-in) 0 0 0 1 N/A 0 0 5 N/A 0 6 In the Second Congressional District Republican primary, Dale Crafts leads Representative to Congress, District 2 with 45 percent of the vote, with Adri- Adrienne Bennett, Bangor 71 24 39 14 45 33 43 30 70 369 enne Bennett in second place with 32 percent and with 23 percent. Eric Brakey, Auburn 65 18 17 15 41 25 22 17 40 260 With 83 percent of precincts reporting, Dale Crafts, Lewiston 49 20 22 33 41 49 23 17 72 326 Bennett and Brakey conceded the race, though with Crafts short of the required Maine Senate District 7 50 percent votes for an outright win, √ Brian Langley, Ellsworth 152 41 69 92 69 43 159 625 ranked choice voting will determine the ofcial winner. John Linnehan, Ellsworth 49 22 13 38 25 32 51 230 Local voters narrowly supported Ben- Maine Senate District 8 nett over Crafts, 369 to 326, with Brakey receiving 260 votes. Lawrence Lockman, Bradley 9 1 10 Juliette Wilbur won the Republican √ Kim Rosen, Bucksport 53 71 124 primary race for Hancock County Regis- ter of Probate with 53.5 percent of votes Maine Senate District 12 over Velma Jordan, the current Deputy √ Gordon Page, Owls Head 4 4 Register of Probate, who garnered 46.5 percent. Wilbur also won among penin- Maine House District 131 sula voters but by a smaller margin, 453 115 votes to 423. No Democratic candidate √ Sherman Hutchins, Penobscot 115 ran in the primary. Hancock County Commissioner, District 1 All election results are not ofcial until they have been certifed by the √ William Clark, Ellsworth 186 196 382 Secretary of State. Hancock County Register of Probate Velma Jordan, Waltham 87 33 39 22 69 44 45 84 423 √ Juliette Wilbur, Ellsworth 94 25 38 29 61 54 40 112 453 REFERENDUM Island Question 1: Bond Issue for Infrastructure to Improve Internet Connections Ad-Vantages √ Yes 808 269 324 249 537 41 337 334 262 465 3626 No 140 37 38 32 100 1 70 56 41 121 636 Subscribe online at Question 2: Bond Issue for Infrastructure to Improve Transportation penobscotbaypress.com/subs/ √ Yes 806 264 319 256 545 42 334 320 274 461 3621 No 143 43 43 27 98 2 74 72 56 127 685 1 year in Hancock County VOTER STATISTICS $34.50 Total registered voters 2,445 756 830 1,039 1,711 N/A 1,094 1,032 930 1,385 1 year in Maine, out of county $49.50 Total votes cast 959 311 N/A 284 N/A N/A N/A 392 N/A 590 1 year out-of-state Absentee ballots N/A 133 212 176 302 N/A 231 210 N/A 317 $59.95 Unofcial results; winning votes in bold with √. N/A = not available. For other rates, please call 374-2341.