2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Maine Senate District 17

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Jo-Jean C. Keller

Democratic

Work: Retired; former children's librarian, Lisbon Library; former L.L.Bean training coordinator; former Lisbon Town Council member

Jo-Jean C. Keller moved to Lisbon in 1978 and worked more than 20 years at L.L.Bean as a training coordinator, communications specialist and intranet web designer. She later worked as an ed tech in the Lisbon schools and as the Lisbon Library's children's librarian, and served three years on the Lisbon Town Council after her election in 2021.

Sources for Keller

Meet Jo-Jean (Jo-Jean Keller campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Candidate guide: Jo-Jean Keller (Maine Democratic Party, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Richard G. Mason

Republican

In office now: State Representative, District 97 (since 2018)

Richard G. Mason has served as State Representative for District 97 in the Maine Legislature since 2018, a district that includes all or part of Androscoggin County. Official legislature records list the occupation as Business Owner.

Mason's committees

Bills in the Second Reading (Ranking Member)
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (Ranking Member)
Transportation

Sources for Mason

Richard G. Mason: official member information (Maine Legislature (Maine Senate; Maine House of Representatives), Public record)
Maine Legislature: current member roster (Maine Legislature (Maine Senate; Maine House of Representatives), Public record)

Sources

Candidate list and race details

2026 General Election Candidate List (FINAL) and Declared Write-In Candidates (Maine Secretary of State, Division of Elections, Public record)

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