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Maine’s CD2 race goes to ranked choice tabulations; Dunlap concedes
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Key Points:
- Republican Paul LePage leads Democrat Matt Dunlap in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race with 49.9% to 48.3% of the vote, but no candidate has secured a majority, triggering ranked choice voting tabulations.
- Despite LePage declaring victory and Dunlap conceding, Maine law mandates ranked choice tabulation due to the close margin and presence of write-in and blank votes.
- LePage’s campaign maintains confidence in his win, citing a vote margin of over 4,400 votes as reported by Decision Desk HQ, while Dunlap’s campaign does not expect ranked choice voting to change the outcome.
- Ranked-choice tabulation will begin Monday at 10 a.m. at the Maine Department of Public Safety Headquarters in Augusta and will be open to the public and livestreamed on the Secretary of State’s YouTube channel.
