2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. House, Maine District 1

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Maine uses ranked-choice voting for federal general elections: voters may rank the candidates in order of preference.

Maine uses ranked-choice voting in general elections only for federal offices (U.S. Senate and U.S. House): you may rank candidates 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on. Ranking rounds are used only in races with three or more candidates. Governor and legislative races are decided by plurality. Maine Secretary of State

Candidates

Chellie Pingree

DemocraticIncumbent

Current office: U.S. Representative, Maine District 1

Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district, serving since 2009. House committee assignments: Committee on Agriculture; Committee on Appropriations.

Campaign website

About sources

House Member Data (MemberData.xml) (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain (U.S. government work))
congress-legislators: legislators-current.json (service dates) (@unitedstates project, CC0 1.0)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (U.S. Congress, Public domain (U.S. government work))
Chellie Pingree (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ronald C. Russell

Republican

Ronald C. Russell is described in Wikipedia's coverage of this race as: defense contractor and nominee for this district in 2024.

Campaign website

About sources

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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)
2026 United States House of Representatives elections (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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