Pingree, Charles set to clash to succeed Mills as Maine governor

Hannah Pingree (D) and Bobby Charles (R) are projected to face off this November in the contested race to succeed retiring Gov. Janet Mills (D), according to Decision Desk HQ. 

A total of five Democrats and eight Republicans ran for their party’s respective nominations for Maine governor.  

Pingree, the daughter of Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), is a former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, while Charles is a former U.S. assistant secretary of State.

Maine uses ranked-choice voting in the primaries for governor. If no candidate wins more than half of the vote outright in their primary, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and voters who chose the eliminated candidate have their second choices tallied. The process continues until someone reaches more than half of the vote.  

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