Despite Dunlap’s concession, 2nd District race still headed to ranked choice runoff

By: Kaitlyn Budion, Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: November 5, 2026

Words: 1,172

Last Updated: 3 days, 23 hours ago

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Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is officially headed to a ranked choice runoff, the Secretary of State’s Office announced Thursday morning.

Though only two candidates, Democrat Matt Dunlap and Republican Paul LePage, were on the ballot, the one declared write-in prompted ranked choice voting, meaning voters could rank three names on their ballot.

According to results from the Secretary of State’s Office, of the 341,248 ballots cast in the district, LePage received …

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