2018 Primary Election Results

18 ISLAND AD-VANTAGES JUNE 14, 2018 Local choices mirror statewide votes in primary election Penobscot lone exception in two Democratic races 2018 Primary BY ANNE BERLEANT Election Results Blue Hill Blue Brooklin Brooksvile Castine Isle Deer Haut au Isle Penobscot Sedgwick Stonington Surry Total (Coveragearea) In the frst statewide election using ranked choice voting, results from the CANDIDATES June 12 primary election are in with Governor about 80 percent of precincts statewide reporting as of 11 a.m., June 13. Adam Cote Dem. 96 24 33 31 65 6 48 30 15 63 411 A referendum question on whether to retain ranked choice voting, a measure Donna Dion Dem. 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 approved through a 2016 citizen refer- Mark Dion Dem. 6 4 4 3 6 1 5 3 2 2 36 endum, passed statewide 54 percent to 46 percent, and by a considerably larger Mark Eves Dem. 86 53 54 10 38 4 23 31 10 34 343 margin in peninsula and island towns, where election results are complete. Janet Mills Dem. 160 59 57 64 111 8 55 65 51 73 703 In the governor’s race for party nom- Diane Russell Dem. 10 4 9 3 4 2 0 6 1 8 47 ination, Republican candidate Shawn Moody appears an outright winner, Elizabeth (Betsy) Sweet Dem. 165 31 36 29 76 4 63 52 25 65 546 with over 50 percent of all votes, while Kenneth Fredette Rep. 18 2 8 6 10 0 4 8 5 9 70 Democratic results await a recount, under ranked-choice voting laws, with Garrett Mason Rep. 41 12 5 11 39 0 27 29 12 40 216 Janet Mills narrowly leading Adam Cote, 33 percent to 28 percent, state- Mary Mayhew Rep. 26 9 8 12 25 0 16 15 9 34 154 wide. Locally, Mills holds a signifcantly Shawn Moody Rep. 94 38 52 37 59 6 59 42 28 69 484 larger majority with the exception of Penobscot, where Mills won by a mere United States Senate seven vote margin out of the 103 votes cast between the two candidates. Zak Ringelstein Dem. 352 125 125 103 187 18 143 106 67 166 1392 In the contested Democratic race to Eric Brakey Rep. 85 18 32 47 72 1 50 60 23 72 460 represent Maine’s 2nd District in the U.S. Congress, Jared Golden leads with Max Linn R (disqualiﬁed) Rep. 77 0 0 0 54 5 0 26 22 63 170 49 percent to Lucas St. Clair’s 41 percent, with Craig Olson at 10 percent, a race Congress, District 2 that will also need to be retabulated Jonathan Fulford Dem. 12 0 0 0 2 8 2 3 9 36 under ranked-choice voting laws. Local voters mirrored in varying degrees that Jared Golden Dem. 235 93 97 67 172 73 105 52 116 1010 result with the exception, again, Penob- Craig Olson Dem. 47 6 16 11 21 19 7 11 24 162 scot, which favored St. Clair. Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin ran unop- Lucas St. Clair Dem. 196 59 70 60 88 89 68 36 89 755 posed. For party nominations to the U.S. Bruce Poliquin Rep. 162 57 67 65 122 99 82 41 143 838 Senate, both Republican and Demo- Maine Senate, District 7 cratic candidates ran unopposed, after Republican Max Linn was disqualifed . Louis Luchini Dem. 346 103 107 202 131 63 189 1141 He still received 77 votes in Blue Hill and 63 in Surry. Ian Schwartz Dem. 130 58 60 76 37 31 48 440 Party candidates to the Maine House Richard Malaby Rep. 158 58 60 112 81 40 149 658 and Senate ran unopposed except for Senate District 7, where Democrat Louis Maine Senate, District 8 Luchini swept the race with 69 percent Beverly Uhlenhake Dem 123 162 285 of votes over Ian Schwartz. And despite Governor LePage’s Kimberley Rosen Rep. 69 112 181 much-publicized threat to not validate the election results because of his dis- Maine Senate, District 12 like of the ranked choice voting system, David Miramant Dem. 18 18 a governor’s validation is not required for primary results, only for outright Wendy Pelletier Rep. 5 5 elections to ofce. House of Representatives, District 131 Nathalie Arruda Dem. 162 162 Karleton Ward Rep. 115 115 Question 1: Ranked-Choice Voting House of Representatives, District 133 Sarah Pebworth Dem. 483 156 170 125 164 208 1306 Blue Hill 563 243 Nancy Colwell Rep. 168 61 64 61 90 153 597 208 Brooklin 41 House of Representatives, District 134 Brooksville 230 89 Genevieve McDonald Dem. 271 23 93 387 153 Castine Philip Brady Jr. Rep. 121 6 42 169 88 327 Registrar of Deeds Deer Isle 190 Julie Curtis Rep. 167 62 67 62 121 104 84 43 150 860 26 Isle au Haut 10 Hancock County Sherif 227 Penobscot Scott Kane Rep. 177 64 75 65 129 106 88 50 153 907 141 201 Hancock County District Attorney Sedgwick 124 Matthew Foster Rep. 168 64 68 61 119 104 82 41 145 852 139 Stonington 81 Country Commissioner, District 2 269 Surry 200 John Wombacher Dem. 139 145 114 216 157 137 75 983 Percy Brown Rep. *** 69 64 124 103 81 48 489 Yes 2342 Statewide winner No 1207 YES *** Information not available at press time.

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