2026 results · Maine · Maine Senate
Troy Jackson, the Democrat, flips Maine's Senate seat
Kamala Harris carried Maine by 6.9 points in 2024; this year's count is a 0.8-point move toward the Republicans. The Republicans held it before the election.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
 Troy JacksonDemocrat | 376,070 | 53.0% | |
 Susan CollinsRepublican, incumbent | 332,803 | 47.0% |
Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 10:46 AM EST · 97% counted.
About 97% of the expected vote counted708,873 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 12:55 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:06 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI
The map
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What moved most
Scroll through Maine, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.
What the count shows
Added together, the 16 counties compared moved 0.8 points toward the Republicans from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 85% as many votes as in 2024, from 92% in Kennebec County to 76% in Washington County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Democrats (r = 0.61).
Piscataquis County moved most: R+29.2 for president in 2024, R+36.5 this year
The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Cumberland County added 11,473 net votes for Collins against the 2024 margin, 80% of the statewide change
Across the 16 counties compared, the margin moved by 14,408 votes toward Collins: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Cumberland County+11,473 Collins
- Kennebec County+1,897 Jackson
- Penobscot County+1,365 Collins
- York County+1,249 Collins
- Hancock County+1,067 Collins
- Lincoln County+939 Collins
- Washington County+893 Jackson
- Knox County+839 Collins
What the places that moved have in common
Each of Maine’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.
Urban, suburban and rural counties
2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).
Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.
Maine’s ballot
The seat that changed party
StatewideDemocrats won all 2 of Maine's statewide races.
U.S. HouseBefore the election D 2–0, now 1–1, counting the leader in 1 uncalled seat
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Troy Jackson, by ArenLeBrun, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Susan Collins, by U.S. Congress, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed.
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