Maine Election Results 2024, New Flag Initiative Not Looking Good

The polls were busy on Tuesday, as Mainers turned out to cast their votes.

It Was a Busy but Uneventful Election Day at Maine Polling Places

In an election that was hotly contested in several races, with concerns expressed over security at the polling sites, it turned out to be a relatively uneventful day. Instead of being concerned about election security, Maine police agencies were busy with a seemingly unrelated swatting incident involving local schools. Lines were long at many voting sites as people waited patiently to cast their votes

Presidential and Maine Election Results, So Far

Donald Trump has been elected the 47th President of the United States.

• Donald Trump - 286 Electoral Votes
• Kamala Harris - 226 Electoral Votes

State races are decided, including the very close race between Golden and Theriault. These results were reported by the Bangor Daily News, as of 5:00 pm:

Maine U.S. House General Election 

•     Jared Golden         191,627 
•     Austin Theriault      189,059

Maine 1st Congressional District

•      Chellie Pingree     219,993
•      Ronald Russell     134,947
•      Ethan Alcorn          18,476

Maine U.S. Senate

•  Angus King            393,467
• Demi Kouzounas    262,748
•  David Costello         79,564
•   Jason Cherry          18,926

How Maine Voted on the Many Ballot Questions:

There were 5 questions on the ballot:

1. Campaign Finance Reform

•          Yes    536,156
•           No    198,324

2. $25 million research and development bond

•          Yes     398,566
•           No     333,016

3. $10 million historic preservation bond

•          Yes      377,312
•           No      338,379

4. $30 million trails bond

•          Yes      396,371
•           No      324,901

5. State Flag Change

•          No      410,881
•          Yes     329,635

Full election results can be found on the Bangor Daily News website. With election day behind us, we can now say good-bye to political ads, mailings, and signs lining the roadways.

We'll update this story as more election results are released.