Английская Википедия:2010 Maine gubernatorial election

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:ElectionsME The 2010 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010 to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Democratic governor John Baldacci was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Primary elections took place on June 8, 2010. The candidates who appeared on the November ballot were (in alphabetical order by last name): Eliot Cutler (Independent), Paul LePage (Republican), Libby Mitchell (Democratic), Shawn Moody (Independent), and Kevin Scott (Independent).

With 94% of precincts reporting on the day after the election, the Bangor Daily News declared LePage the winner, carrying 38.1% of the votes. Cutler was in second place with 36.7% of the votes (less than 7,500 votes behind LePage), while Mitchell was a distant third with 19%. Moody and Scott had 5% and 1%, respectively. Two days after the election, with 99% of precincts reporting, LePage's lead over Cutler had widened to more than 10,000 votes. This election was the first since 1990 that Maine elected a Republican governor.

Democratic primary

Candidates

On ballot

• Patrick K. McGowan, former State Conservation Commissioner
• Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell, President of the Maine Senate and candidate for U. S. Senate in 1984
• Steven Rowe, former Maine Attorney General and former state representative
• Rosa Scarcelli, business owner

Write-in

• Donna Dion, former Mayor of Biddeford. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures, but continued her campaign in the primary as a write-in candidate.

Withdrawn

• Dawn Hill, State Representative. Hill withdrew from the race on January 1, 2010, citing the crowded field of candidates.
• John G. Richardson, former Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and former Speaker of the House. Richardson withdrew from the race on April 26 amid allegations that some of his campaign workers had not followed proper procedures for collecting donations to qualify him for Maine Clean Election funding. The primary ballots had already been printed before Richardson withdrew from the race, so Richardson's name appeared on the ballot even though he was no longer a candidate.
• Peter Truman (also known as Peter Throumoulos), former state representative and convicted forger. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures.

Declined

• Brian Bolduc, state representative
• Tom Allen, former U.S. Representative

Polling

Poll source	Dates administered	Mitchell	Rowe	Scarcelli	McGowan	Undecided
Pan Atlantic SMS Group	May 21–29, 2010	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic align=center| 13.3%	11.7%	7.0%	6.3%	61.7%

Results

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Results by county Шаблон:Collapsible list Шаблон:Collapsible list Шаблон:Collapsible list

Шаблон:Election box begin no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box total no change Шаблон:Election box end At 11:32 p.m. EDT, WCSH declared Libby Mitchell the winner of the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

Candidates

On ballot

• Steve Abbott, former chief of staff for Senator Susan Collins
• William Beardsley, former president of Husson University
• Matt Jacobson, president of Maine & Company, a private business attraction organization; former President of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad
• Paul LePage, Mayor of Waterville and general manager of Marden's Surplus & Salvage store chain
• Peter Mills, State Senator and candidate for governor in 2006
• Les Otten, founder of American Skiing Company and former Boston Red Sox co-owner
• Bruce Poliquin, business owner/manager and economist

Declined

• Peter Cianchette, United States Ambassador to Costa Rica and 2002 Republican nominee for governor
• Kevin Raye, State Senate Minority Leader
• Josh Tardy, State House Minority Leader

Polling

Poll source	Dates administered	Otten	LePage	Mills	Abbott	Beardsley	Poliquin	Jacobson	Undecided
MECPO	May 22-June 2, 2010	17.0%	10.7%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center | 22.1%	13.9%	5.9%	4.9%	1.4%	24.0%
Pan Atlantic SMS Group	May 21–29, 2010	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 17.0%	10.3%	8.4%	8.3%	3.6%	3.3%	2.0%	47.0%

Results

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Results by county Шаблон:Collapsible list Шаблон:Collapsible list Шаблон:Collapsible list

Шаблон:Election box begin no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box total no change Шаблон:Election box end At 11:19 p.m. EDT, WCSH declared Paul LePage the winner of the GOP primary.

Independents

Candidates on the ballot

• Eliot Cutler, attorney, former staff member for U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie, and former adviser to President Jimmy Carter
• Shawn Moody, business owner
• Kevin L. Scott, business owner

Write-in candidates

• John Jenkins, former state senator, former mayor of both Auburn and Lewiston, and a 2002 gubernatorial candidate. Jenkins, who won his most recent mayoral campaign by write-in, declared he would run for Governor of Maine if 5,000 people followed his Facebook fan page within 45 days.
• Beverly Cooper-Pete. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures, but continued her campaign as a write-in candidate.

Disqualified candidates

• Alex Hammer, business owner and self-published author. Did not appear on the ballot due to not meeting the deadline for turning in petition signatures. Hammer attempted to turn in some of the signatures electronically, but the Secretary of State ruled that such methods were not allowed. Hammer filed suit to appear on the ballot in Penobscot County Superior Court on June 28, 2010. On September 28, 2010, the judge upheld the Secretary of State's decision.

Withdrawn

• Samme Bailey. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures.
• Augustus Edgerton. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures.
• Michael Heath, former leader of the Christian Civic League of Maine (now known as the Maine Family Policy Council). Withdrew from the race due to lack of petition signatures.
• John Whitcomb. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures.

Maine Green Independent Party

The Maine Green Independent Party did not have a gubernatorial candidate on the ballot, as no candidate collected required number of signatures.

Withdrawn

• Lynne Williams, attorney and former state chair of the Maine Green Independent Party. On March 15, 2010, Lynne Williams announced her withdrawal from the campaign, citing a lack of clean elections funds and qualifying signatures.
• Patrick Quinlan, political activist, author, and lone legislative aide of Maine Green Independent Party caucus in state House of Representatives for 2004 and 2005; former campaign manager and consultant for Green state representative John Eder

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report	Шаблон:USRaceRating	October 14, 2010
Rothenberg	Шаблон:USRaceRating	October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics	Шаблон:USRaceRating	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Шаблон:USRaceRating	October 28, 2010
CQ Politics	Шаблон:USRaceRating	October 28, 2010

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Paul LePage (R)	Libby Mitchell (D)	Eliot Cutler (I)	Shawn Moody (I)	Kevin Scott (I)	Undecided
MPRC / Down East Magazine	October 28–30, 2010	546	± 4.19%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 39%	24%	29%	4%	1%	2%
Critical Insights / MaineToday Media	October 27–28, 2010	621	± 4%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 40%	21%	21%	4%	1%	11%
Pan Atlantic SMS	October 25–28, 2010	400	± 4.9%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 38.6%	21.8%	30.6%	2.8%	1.1%	7.3%
Public Policy Polling	October 26–28, 2010	1,812	± 2.3%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 40%	24%	28%	4%	1%	2%
Rasmussen Reports	October 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 40%	26%	26%	-	-	5%
Critical Insights	October 13–17, 2010	600	± 4%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 32%	20%	19%	5%	1%	21%
Pan Atlantic SMS	October 11–15, 2010	501	± 4.4%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 32.9%	28.0%	14.0%	4.6%	0.4%	20.2%
Rasmussen Reports	October 12, 2010	500	± 4.5%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 35%	32%	21%	*	*	6%
Critical Insights / MaineToday Media	October 10–11, 2010	605	± 4%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 32%	26%	11%	5	1	26%
Pine Tree Politics / Maine Center for Public Opinion	October 4–7, 2010	679	± 3.76%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 29.6%	28.7%	11.1%	4.9%	1.6%	24.1%
Critical Insights / MaineToday Media	September 27, 2010	405	± 4.9%	29%	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic align=center| 30%	9%	5%	0%	26%
Rasmussen Reports	September 20, 2010	500	± 4.5%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 45%	27%	14%	*	*	10%
Critical Insights / MaineToday Media	September 13, 2010	603	± 4%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 38%	25%	11%	4%	1%	21%
Public Policy Polling	September 2–6, 2010	1,468	± 2.6%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 43%	29%	11%	5%	1%	12%
Rasmussen Reports	August 12, 2010	500	± 4.5%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 38%	30%	16%	*	*	11%
Rasmussen Reports	July 14, 2010	500	± 4.5%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 39%	31%	15%	*	*	12%
Rasmussen Reports	June 10, 2010	500	± 4.5%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican align=center| 43%	36%	7%	*	*	14%

* Shawn Moody and Kevin Scott, two Independent candidates who appeared on the ballot, were not offered as choices in the Rasmussen polls.

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Androscoggin (largest city: Lewiston)
• Aroostook (largest city: Presque Isle)
• Kennebec (largest city: Augusta)
• Lincoln (Largest city: Waldoboro)
• Oxford (largest town: Rumford)
• Penobscot (largest city: Bangor)
• Waldo (Largest city: Belfast)
• York (largest town:Biddeford)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Independent

• Cumberland (largest municipality: Portland)
• Hancock (largest municipality: Ellsworth)
• Knox (largest municipality: Rockland)
• Sagadahoc (largest town:Bath)

See also

• Governor of Maine
• List of governors of Maine

External links

• Maine Secretary of State – Elections Division
• Maine Governor Candidates at Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions for 2010 Maine Governor from Follow the Money
• Maine Governor 2010 from OurCampaigns.com
• 2010 Maine Gubernatorial General Election: Paul LePage (R) vs Libby Mitchell (D) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
• Election 2010: Maine Governor from Rasmussen Reports
• 2010 Maine Governor – LePage vs. Mitchell vs. Cutler from Real Clear Politics
• 2010 Maine Governor's RaceШаблон:Dead link from CQ Politics
• Race Profile in The New York Times

Official campaign websites (Archived)

• Patrick McGowan (D)
• Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell (D)
• Steven Rowe (D)
• Rosa Scarcelli (D)
• Steven Abbott (R)
• William Beardsley (R)
• Matt Jacobson (R)
• Paul LePage (R)
• Peter Mills (R)
• Les Otten (R)
• Bruce Poliquin (R)
• Eliot Cutler (I)
• Alex Hammer (I)
• Shawn Moody (I)
• Kevin Scott (I)

Debates

• Debate hosted by the Associated General Contractors of America (Democrats, Republicans, and Cutler)
• Democrat debate hosted by WCSH-TV, Part 1
• Democrat debate hosted by WCSH-TV, Part 2
• Republican debate hosted by WCSH-TV, Part 1
• Republican debate hosted by WCSH-TV, Part 2
• Democrat debate hosted by WMTW-TV and University of Southern Maine, Part 1
• Democrat debate hosted by WMTW-TV and University of Southern Maine, Part 2
• Republican debate hosted by WMTW-TV and University of Southern Maine, Part 1
• Republican debate hosted by WMTW-TV and University of Southern Maine, Part 2
• Democrat debate hosted by Maine Public Broadcasting
• Republican debate hosted by Maine Public Broadcasting
• Debate featuring all five general election candidates, hosted by WGME-TV and MaineToday Media, Part 1
• Debate featuring all five general election candidates, hosted by WGME-TV and MaineToday Media, Part 2
• Debate featuring all five general election candidates, hosted by WMTW-TV and University of Southern Maine, Part 1
• Debate featuring all five general election candidates, hosted by WMTW-TV and University of Southern Maine, Part 2
• Debate featuring all five general election candidates, hosted by WCSH-TV and Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Part 1
• Debate featuring all five general election candidates, hosted by WCSH-TV and Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Part 2
• Debate featuring four of the five general election candidates (LePage chose not to participate), hosted by MPBN and Bates College
• Debate featuring all five general election candidates, hosted by WGME-TV, WGAN-AM, and MaineToday Media, Part 1
• Debate featuring all five general election candidates, hosted by WGME-TV, WGAN-AM, and MaineToday Media, Part 2

Candidate interviews

• Interview with Democratic candidate Donna DionШаблон:Dead link
• Interview with Republican candidate Les Otten
• Interview with Democratic candidate Rosa Scarcelli
• Interview with Republican candidate Paul LePageШаблон:Dead link
• Interview with Democratic candidate Libby MitchellШаблон:Dead link
• Interview with Independent Alex Hammer
• Interview with Republican candidate Paul LePage
• Interview with Democratic candidate Libby Mitchell
• Interview with Republican candidate Bruce Poliquin
• Interview with Democratic candidate Steven Rowe
• Interview with Green candidate Lynne Williams
• Interview with Independent candidate Shawn Moody