Austin Theriault‘s campaign requested a recount in Maine‘s 2nd congressional District race immediately after Democratic incumbent Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was declared the winner on Friday. Of the few competitive races this election season,

Maine is one of a handful of states that use Ranked Choice Voting, where voters rank in order of preference who they would like to see win. In this case, when the bottom candidates were eliminated, their votes were reallocated to their second and third choices until a remaining candidate received over 50 percent.

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to Congress through Maine’s ranked choice system on Friday. It’s the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to produce a majority for any candidate.

Republican Austin Theriault failed to unseat Golden, despite the Democrat's support for an assault weapons ban.

The state of Maine encompasses roughly 31,000 square miles — 320 miles long by 210 miles wide — yet all of the incoming Democratic leaders represent towns within 26 miles of Portland, one of the few progressive strongholds in the state.

Two weeks after the Presidential Election, results are still up in the air across the state for many different positions.

Representative Jared Golden, a three-term Democrat, defeated Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver, in one of a handful of districts held by Democrats that Donald J. Trump won in 2020.

The ranked choice results in Maine’s Second Congressional District are expected to be finalized Friday evening.

The ranked choice vote tabulation went on for several days after neither candidate surpassed 50 percent of first-place votes on Election Day.

Democrat Jared Golden wins reelection to U.S. House in Maine's 2nd Congressional District.

Eleven races for the Maine Legislature are being recounted, starting Friday and continuing through Nov. 25. Maine law does not require recounts, but candidates can request one. Candidates do not have to pay a deposit if the races are very close — 1% or less of the apparent margin of victory.

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden won the ranked choice vote with 50.35% for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which election officials determined Friday through a tabulation process that took four days.