Rachel Ohm

The Maine Department of the Secretary of State began what is expected to be a days-long process to generate final outcomes in both Maine's gubernatorial primaries and the Democratic primary in the 2nd District.

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While many states share election results online on election night, Maine and a handful of others do not have statewide online reporting.

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AUGUSTA — State officials were making a final push to finish the ranked-choice runoffs in key primary races Thursday night, with results expected to come a little after 11 p.m.

The Leeds resident and former official in the federal government was declared the winner Friday after 1:30 a.m.

Pingree will compete against the Republican nominee, Bobby Charles, and independent Rick Bennett to succeed Gov. Janet Mills in November.

Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles are their party's nominees for governor. Ranked-choice voting continues to frustrate Republicans after this week's process dragged on until 2 a.m. Friday.

Read all of our coverage of Maine's 2026 election or stay up to date with the latest developments through the Maine Political Report in your inbox or text messages from politics editor Kirby Wilson.