8 THE WEEKLY PACKET NOVEMBER 5, 2020 Local support for Biden not enough to deny Trump one electoral vote BY LESLIE LANDRIGAN Maine and Nebraska are the only two ate, beat challenger Sara Gideon, the for- challenger Dale Crafts’ 46.9 percent. On STONINGTON—Tough voters on the states that give an Electoral College vote mer Maine speaker of the House. Gideon, the peninsula and islands, Golden won Blue Hill peninsula and islands gave Joe to the winner of a congressional district. a Freeport resident, was term-limited out 5,872 votes to Crafts’ 2,615. Biden 63.1 percent of their votes, Presi- But Maine’s one vote wasn’t enough to of her House seat this year. Isle au Haut, which is in the 1st Con- dent Donald Trump prevailed in Maine’s put Trump over the top, at least by press U.S. Rep. Jared Golden easily won a gressional District, voted 59-7 for incum- 2nd Congressional District. Winning time. Te story was the same in the race second term in the 2nd Congressional bent U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Demo- 52.3 percent of the entire district’s vote, for U.S. Senate until the afternoon of District, the largest east of the Missis- crat, over Republican Jay T. Allen. gave him a single Electoral College vote November 4. Republican Susan Collins, sippi. Golden, a Lewiston Democrat, All results are unofcial until certifed in Maine—his only New England victory. now serving her sixth term in the U.S. Sen- collected 53.1 percent of the vote to by Maine’s secretary of state. 2020 General Election Results Blue Hill Blue Brooklin Brooksville Castine Isle Deer au Isle Haut Penobscot Sedgwick Stonington Surry Area TOTAL CANDIDATES United States President and Vice-President Joseph Biden/Kamala Harris Democrat 1310 426 450 346 806 54 512 511 409 596 5420 Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson Alliance 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 Howie Hawkins/ Angela Walker Green 25 4 12 6 9 1 14 6 9 13 99 Jo Jorgensen/ Jeremy “Spike” Cohen Libertarian 15 5 4 10 10 2 12 5 2 8 73 Donald Trump/Mike Pence Republican 624 189 219 136 496 9 306 321 220 464 2984 President R. Boddie/ Eric C. Stoneham (write-in) Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark R. Charles/ Adrian D. Wallace (write-in) Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Hoefling/ Andy Prior (write-in) Life, Liberty, Constitution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M.D. Mitchell/ Margaret Mary Bayliss (write-in) Dirigo Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kasey J. Wells/ Rachel M. Wells (write-in) Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 United States Senate √ Susan Collins Republican 752 231 277 179 589 16 383 371 265 545 3608 Sara Gideon Democrat 1083 351 344 287 656 48 372 412 326 471 4350 Max Linn Independent 23 12 7 7 16 2 15 8 8 25 123 Lisa Savage Independent 118 36 64 23 65 1 78 47 42 58 532 Tifany L. Bond (write-in) Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Kenton Engelman (write-in) Facts Matter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Douglas E. Fogg (write-in) Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 United States House of Representatives, District 2 Dale Crafts Republican 554 171 183 132 409 271 291 166 438 2615 √ Jared Golden Democrat 1410 447 505 357 909 570 550 470 654 5872 Daniel J. Fowler (write-in) Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Timothy Adam Hernandez (write-in) Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry John Bear (write-in) Green Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hancock County Commissioner, District 1 √ William Clark Republican 703 547 1250 Rebecca Wentworth Democrat 1209 513 1722 Hancock County Register of Probate √ Juliette Wilbur Republican 1271 368 435 317 903 541 553 430 756 5574 Velma Jordan (write-in) Republican 44 24 10 6 31 18 24 8 69 234 Maine Senate District 7 Brian Langley Republican 741 214 277 578 357 274 521 2962 √ Louie Luchini Democrat 1209 400 399 695 475 343 565 4086 Maine Senate District 8 √ Kim Rosen Republican 186 394 580 Beverly Uhlenhake Democrat 283 404 687 Maine Senate District 12 √ David Miramant Democrat 51 51 Gordon Page Republican 10 10 Maine House District 131 √ Sherman Hutchins Republican 435 435 Veronica Magnan Democrat 390 390 Maine House District 133 √ Sarah Pebworth Democrat 1604 495 533 383 622 765 4402 Maine House District 134 √ Genevieve McDonald Democrat 1046 62 529 1637 VOTER STATISTICS Total registered voters 2598 780 859 1069 N/A 100 1132 1111 973 1469 10091 Total votes cast 1993 632 697 501 1339 67 852 851 646 1106 8684 Absentee ballots 1297 382 412 306 881 25 400 383 341 583 5010 Unofcial results based on information available at press time; winning votes in bold with √. N/A = not available. Results in this chart reflect our 10 coverage area towns..