There are 186 state legislative seats up for election in Maine in 2024. Across those, 38 incumbents (22 Democrats and 16 Republicans) did not file to run for re-election. That is less than the average number of retirements in Maine from rom 2010-2022 (55.1) and is is the fewest number of retiring incumbents since 2016,…
In Maine, a ballot initiative that aims to limit the amount of campaign contributions to super PACs was certified to the Maine State Legislature. The Maine secretary of state’s office said in a press release on Feb. 22 that 76,081 signatures were found to be valid. The campaign supporting the initiative, Maine Citizens to End…
An initiated state statute to prohibit election spending by foreign governments, including entities with partial government ownership or control, will appear on the Maine ballot on Nov. 7, 2023. In Nov. 2022, Protect Maine Elections, which is the campaign behind the initiative, submitted 67,550 valid signatures, meeting the signature requirement of 63,067 signatures, and was…