2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

Elections were held on November 2, 2010 to determine Maine's two members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011 until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on June 8, 2010.[1]

The races in both the 1st and 2nd districts were rated as competitive by The Cook Political Report[2] and The Rothenberg Political Report,[3] while only the 1st district was rated as competitive by CQ Politics.[4] Both of Maine's incumbents (Chellie Pingree of the 1st district and Mike Michaud of the 2nd district, both Democrats) were re-elected.[5]

A total of 564,368 votes were cast, of which 316,156 (56.02 percent) were for Democratic candidates, 248,170 (43.97 percent) were for Republican candidates, and 42 (0.01 percent) were for write-in candidates.[6]

  1. ^ "June 8, 2010 Primary Election Candidate Listing". Secretary of State of Maine. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "2010 competitive House race chart". The Cook Political Report. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. November 1, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  4. ^ "Race Ratings Chart: House". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  5. ^ Sharp, David (November 2, 2010). "Reps. Pingree, Michaud win re-election in Maine". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  6. ^ Haas, Karen L. (June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 21. Retrieved May 25, 2014.

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