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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine
All 2 Maine seats to the United States House of Representatives
Democratic 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%	Republican 40–50% 50–60%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including Governor of Maine and United States Senate. The primary elections were held on June 10, 2014.

This election marked the first time since 1994 that Maine elected a Republican into the House of Representatives.

Overview[edit]

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine by district:^[1]

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	186,674	60.43%	94,751	30.68%	27,473	8.89%	308,898	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	118,568	41.83%	133,320	47.03%	31,585	11.14%	283,473	100.0%	Republican gain
Total	305,242	51.53%	228,071	38.50%	59,058	9.97%	592,371	100.0%

District 1[edit]

The 1st district includes covers the southern coastal area of the state, including all of Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and York counties and most of Kennebec County. Located within the district are the cities of Portland, Augusta, Brunswick and Saco. The incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012, and the district had a PVI of D+9.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Chellie Pingree, incumbent U.S. Representative^[2]^[3]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chellie Pingree (incumbent)	30,950	100.0
Total votes			30,950	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Isaac Misiuk, former University of Southern Maine College Republicans president^[5]

Declined[edit]

Meredith Strang Burgess, former state representative^[6]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Isaac Misiuk	17,061	100.0
Total votes			17,061	100.0

Independents[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Richard Murphy, Maine National Guardsman^[7]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Chellie Pingree (D)

Newspapers

Bangor Daily News^[8]

Issac Misiuk (R)

U.S. Senators

Susan Collins, U.S. Senator (R-ME)^[9]

State officials

Paul LePage, Governor of Maine^[10]

Declined to endorse

Organizations

Sportsman's Alliance of Maine^[11]

Newspapers

MaineToday Media newspapers^[12]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Chellie Pingree (D)	Issac Misiuk (R)	Richard Murphy (I)	Other	Undecided
Maine People's Resource Center	October 31–November 2, 2014	419	± 4.79%	56%	30%	7%	—	7%
Pan Atlantic/SMS Group	October 15–21, 2014	206	± 6.8%	62%	18%	6%	—	14%
University of New Hampshire	October 15–21, 2014	297	± 5.5%	57%	19%	10%	—	13%
Critical Insights	September 24–30, 2014	311	± 4%	53%	19%	10%	—	17%
Pan Atlantic SMS	September 23–29, 2014	400	± 4.9%	51%	9%	10%	—	30%
University of New Hampshire	September 18–25, 2014	220	± 6.2%	66%	13%	0%	4%	17%
University of New Hampshire	June 12–18, 2014	305	± 6.5%	56%	22%	—	2%	20%

Results[edit]

Maine's 1st congressional district, 2014^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chellie Pingree (incumbent)	186,674	60.4
	Republican	Isaac J. Misiuk	94,751	30.7
	Independent	Richard P. Murphy	27,410	8.9
	n/a	Write-ins	63	0.0
Total votes			308,898	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2[edit]

The 2nd district covers 27,326 square miles (70,770 km²), comprising nearly 80% of the state's total land area. It is the largest district east of the Mississippi River and the 24th-largest overall. It is the second-most rural district in the United States, with 72.11% of its population in rural areas, behind only Kentucky's 5th congressional district. It includes most of the land area north of the Portland and Augusta metropolitan areas, including the cities of Bangor, Lewiston, Auburn and Presque Isle. The incumbent Democrat Mike Michaud, who had represented the district since 2003, did not seek re-election, and was selected as Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine in the 2014 election. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2012, and the district has a PVI of D+2.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Emily Cain, state senator^[14]^[2]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Troy Dale Jackson, Majority Leader of the Maine Senate^[15]^[2]

Withdrew[edit]

Alden Smith, Navy reservist^[5]^[16]

Declined[edit]

Joe Baldacci, Bangor City Councilor^[17]^[18]
John Baldacci, former governor and former U.S. Representative^[19]
Matthew Dunlap, Secretary of State of Maine^[20]
James Howaniec, attorney, former mayor of Lewiston and candidate for this seat in 1994^[21]
Jeff McCabe, Assistant Majority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives^[20]
Mike Michaud, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for Governor)^[22]

Endorsements[edit]

Troy Dale Jackson

State legislators

Jeffrey Evangelos, state representative^[23]

Labor unions

Local 6 (at Bath Iron Works)^[24]
Maine AFL–CIO^[25]
Maine AFSCME Local 2011^[25]
Maine Teamsters^[26]
United Auto Workers Region 9A^[25]

Individuals

Thomas Steinbeck, son of author John Steinbeck^[10]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Emily Cain	Troy Dale Jackson	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	June 2–3, 2014	810	±3.4%	60%	25%	15%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Baldacci	Emily Cain	Matthew Dunlap	Troy Dale Jackson	Jeff McCabe	Janet Mills	Alden Smith	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	August 23–25, 2013	561	± 4.1%	31%	22%	—	15%	—	—	2%	30%
Public Policy Polling	June 26–27, 2013	633	± 3.9%	19%	18%	8%	9%	3%	15%	—	28%

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emily Cain	19,906	71.0
	Democratic	Troy Dale Jackson	8,116	29.0
Total votes			28,022	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Bruce Poliquin, former State Treasurer of Maine and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012^[27]^[2]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Kevin Raye, former President of the Maine Senate and nominee for the seat in 2002 and 2012^[28]^[2]

Withdrew[edit]

Blaine Richardson, United States Navy veteran, and candidate for this seat in 2012 (unenrolled as a Republican, running as an independent)^[29]^[30]
Richard Rosen, director of the Maine Office of Policy and Management and former state senator^[31]
Alexander Willette, Assistant Minority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives^[32]

Declined[edit]

Kenneth Fredette, Minority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives^[14]
Jonathan LaBonte, Mayor of Auburn^[20]
Paul LePage, Governor of Maine (running for re-election)^[33]
Garrett Mason, state senator^[20]
Debra Plowman, former state senator^[17]
Joshua Tardy, former Minority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives^[27]
Michael Thibodeau, Minority Leader of the Maine Senate^[34]

Endorsements[edit]

Bruce Poliquin

U.S. Senators

Susan Collins, U.S. Senator (R-ME) (for general election)^[35]

U.S. Representatives

John Boehner, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (R-OH) (for general election) ^[36]

Organizations

National Federation of Independent Business^[37]
National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund (for general election)^[38]^[39]
~~Republican Liberty Caucus~~^[40] (rescinded on February 5, 2015, after the election)^[41]

Kevin Raye

State legislators

Bernard Ayotte, state representative^[42]
David Burns, State Senator^[42]
Dean Cray, state representative^[42]
Jarrod Crockett, state representative^[42]
Phil Curtis, former Majority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives^[42]
Jim Donnelly, former Maine House Minority Leader^[42]
Joyce Fitzpatrick, state representative^[42]
Anita Haskell, state representative^[42]
Brian Langley, state senator^[42]
Joyce Maker, state representative^[42]
Garrett Mason, state senator^[42]
Carol McElwee, state representative^[42]
Robert Nutting, State Representative, former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
Debra Plowman, former Assistant Majority Leader of the Maine Senate^[42]
Tom Saviello, state senator^[42]
Roger Sherman, state senator^[42]
Josh Tardy, former Maine House Minority Leader^[42]
Edward Youngblood, state senator^[42]

Organizations

Business Industry Political Action Committee^[43]
National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund (for primary) ^[44]^[45]

Newspapers

Bangor Daily News^[46]

Declined to endorse

State officials

Paul LePage, Governor of Maine^[10]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bruce Poliquin	Kevin Raye	Blaine Richardson	Richard Rosen	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Raye)	November 4–5, 2013	310	± 5.57%	18%	42%	3%	5%	32%

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Poliquin	19,736	56.8
	Republican	Kevin Raye	14,987	43.2
Total votes			34,723	100.0

Independents[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Blaine Richardson, United States Navy veteran, and Republican candidate for the seat in 2012 (unenrolled as a Republican, running as an independent)^[30]

General election[edit]

Campaign[edit]

Bruce Poliquin resisted invitations to debates where Blaine Richardson would be present, including one sponsored by MPBN. Political observers stated this might have been due to Richardson's potential to split the conservative vote. Emily Cain expressed support for Richardson being present at debates and said she would only attend debates where both of the other candidates were present.^[47] A debate to be held on WMTW-TV was cancelled after Cain pulled out to protest Richardson not being invited. WMTW said they and their parent company, Hearst Television, had strict criteria for invitations to debates that Richardson did not meet. These criteria included holding large campaign events, fundraising, and performance in polling, all of which WMTW said were not met.^[48]

On August 29, Richardson revealed, and Poliquin's campaign confirmed, that Richardson had rejected a request from Poliquin to quit the race. A Poliquin spokesman stated the phone call was made because Richardson had "no chance" to win and seemed "more interested in working with Emily Cain to bash Bruce rather than have a discussion about the future". Richardson said he would stay in the race and he was "so fed up with the parties, both of them". He also said that Poliquin asking him to quit had been one of the biggest boosts for his campaign.^[49]

Endorsements[edit]

Emily Cain (D)

U.S. Senators

Angus King, U.S. Senator (I-ME)^[50]

State legislators

Patrick Flood, Republican State Senator, ranking Appropriations Committee member^[51]
Sherry Huber, former state legislator, former candidate for governor^[51]

Labor unions

Organizations

EMILY's List^[54]
EqualityMaine^[55]
Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund^[56]
Sierra Club Maine^[57]

Newspapers

Bangor Daily News (for primary and general)^[58]^[59]

Individuals

Maj. Gen. (retired) John Libby, former head of the Maine National Guard and former Commissioner of the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management^[51]

Declined to endorse

Organizations

Sportsman's Alliance of Maine^[11]

Newspapers

MaineToday Media newspapers^[12]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Emily Cain (D)	Bruce Poliquin (R)	Blaine Richardson (I)	Other	Undecided
Maine People's Resource Center	October 31–November 2, 2014	397	± 4.92%	42%	43%	10%	—	5%
Pan Atlantic/SMS Group	October 15–21, 2014	186	± 7%	39%	38%	8%	—	16%
University of New Hampshire	October 15–21, 2014	291	± 5.5%	40%	41%	8%	—	9%
Normington Petts (D-Cain)	October 15–16, 2014	400	± 4.9%	42%	34%	8%	—	16%
Critical Insights	September 24–30, 2014	295	± 4%	36%	41%	6%	—	16%
Pan Atlantic SMS	September 23–29, 2014	400	± 4.9%	36%	33%	6%	—	25%
University of New Hampshire	September 18–25, 2014	220	± 6.2%	30%	40%	3%	—	27%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Poliquin)	August 17–19, 2014	400	± 4.9%	37%	33%	6%	—	24%
University of New Hampshire	June 12–18, 2014	222	± 6.5%	44%	39%	—	0%	17%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Raye)	November 4–5, 2013	400	± 4.9%	37%	34%	—	—	29%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Emily Cain (D)	Kevin Raye (R)	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies^	November 4–5, 2013	400	± 4.9%	31%	45%	24%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Troy Dale Jackson (D)	Bruce Poliquin (R)	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies^	November 4–5, 2013	400	± 4.9%	38%	33%	29%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Troy Dale Jackson (D)	Kevin Raye (R)	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies^	November 4–5, 2013	400	± 4.9%	30%	45%	25%

Results[edit]

Maine's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Poliquin	133,308	47.0
	Democratic	Emily Cain	118,556	41.8
	Independent	Blaine Richardson	31,336	11.1
	n/a	Write-ins	248	0.1
Total votes			283,448	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

[clerk2014-1] Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

[sos-2] "Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division, 2006 Elections". Archived from the original on November 1, 2007. Archived April 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[Pingreedeclines-3] Miller, Kevin. "Chellie Pingree says she won't run for Maine governor". Kennebec Journal. Retrieved April 26, 2013.

[Results-4] "Tabulations for Elections held in 2014". Maine Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.

[twoannounce-5] Mistler, Steve (August 7, 2013). "Two announce plans to run for Maine congressional seats". Kennebec Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2013.

[6] Harriman, Phil (December 27, 2013). "Get ready for one doozy of a political year". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved December 27, 2013.

[7] Koeing, Seth (August 8, 2013). "National Guardsman enters 1st District congressional race as independent". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

[8] "Maine's 1st District can continue to benefit from Chellie Pingree's influence". Bangor Daily News. October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

[9] "GOP ticket in Maine features conflicting views between moderate Collins, conservative LePage, Poliquin". Bangor Daily News. July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.

[lepage-10] "LePage's endorsement of Misiuk spends more time on LePage than Misiuk". Bangor Daily News. June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

[Bangor_Daily_News-11] "Sportsman's Alliance of Maine won't endorse candidates in gubernatorial, federal races". Bangor Daily News. August 21, 2014. Archived from the original on October 5, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

[MaineToday_Media/Kennebec_Journal-12] "OUR OPINION: Who do we endorse? Nobody — and here's why". MaineToday Media/Kennebec Journal. August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.

[Generalelection-13] "Maine General Election 2014". Maine Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

[cainfredette-14] Stone, Matthew (June 14, 2013). "Cain's in, Fredette's out of 2014 2nd District congressional race". Bangordailynews.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.

[15] "Sen. Troy Jackson announces run for US Congress". Bangor Daily News. July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.

[16] Moretto, Mario (March 17, 2014). "Alden Smith drops out, leaving Senate heavyweights to vie for congressional nod". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved March 17, 2014.

[Strimling-17] Strimling, Ethan (June 13, 2013). "Michaud is running. Democrats have life!". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved June 13, 2013.

[18] Strimling, Ethan (December 31, 2013). "Joe Baldacci decides not to run for Congress". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

[19] "Michaud's possible jump sets off the sounds of musical chairs". Kennebec Journal. June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.

[potential-20] Miller, Kevin (August 25, 2013). "Michaud is Republicans see potential to win 2nd District seat". Kennebec Journal. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

[21] Shepherd, Michael (January 30, 2014). "Former Lewiston mayor considers 2nd Congressional District run". Kennebec Journal. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

[22] "Michaud 'looking at' run for governor — Politics — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine". Bangordailynews.com. March 4, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013.

[23] "Troy Jackson has courage: That's what it will take to combat Washington's tea party extremism". May 4, 2014.

[24] "AFL-CIO, labor unite around Jackson". October 28, 2013.

[troyendorsements-25] "AFSCME Local 2011 Endorses Troy Jackson for Congress | Troy Jackson for Congress". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.

[26] "Maine Teamsters Endorse Michaud For Governor, Jackson For Congress | Troy Jackson for Congress". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.

[poliquin-27] "Poliquin declares candidacy for 2nd Congressional District". Kennebec Journal. August 26, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013.

[28] "Raye joining Republican fray for Michaud's seat". Kennebec Journal. August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.

[29] "Richardson preps another run for Congress | www.timesrecord.com". The Times Record. January 21, 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2013.

[RichardsonIndep-30] "Belfast conservative drops Republican affiliation". Kennebec Journal. January 19, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

[31] "Richard Rosen opts out of race to replace Michaud in CD2". Bangor Daily News. November 30, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.

[32] "Republican Willette ends bid to replace Michaud in Congress". Kennebec Journal. August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.

[33] "Lawmakers Override Governor's Budget Veto - LePage Considering Future As Maine Governor". WABI TV. June 26, 2013. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.

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