Current Events > Maines 2nd District is is headed towards a ranked-choice voting showdown.

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iClockwork
11/07/18 4:10:06 AM
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https://bangordailynews.com/2018/11/07/politics/maines-toss-up-2nd-district-appears-headed-to-a-ranked-choice-count/

The toss-up race in Maines 2nd Congressional District appeared headed to a ranked-choice voting count early on Wednesday morning, with Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden holding a slight lead over U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin.

With 56 percent of precincts reporting to the Bangor Daily News on Wednesday morning, Golden of Lewiston had 46.4 percent of votes to 45.5 percent for Poliquin, a two-term Republican from Oakland who won the seat in 2014 after two decades of Democratic control.

Since neither Golden nor Poliquin look to be headed for a majority, the people who ranked the two independents in the race first will decide the race in ranked-choice counting, which would be run by Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlaps office next week in Augusta.

A Poliquin loss would be historic. An incumbent hasnt lost a re-election bid in Maines 2nd District in 102 years when the district was only a geographic sliver of what it is now. Republicans have held control of the House at large since 2010.


I'm really interested to see how ranked-choice voting could impact American politics and how voters will react if the first round winning candidate gets passed in later rounds by 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, ranked preferences.
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