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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

2026 general election results: Penobscot County, Maine

If you vote in Penobscot County, Maine, here is each count as the office posts it, what was on your ballot, who represents you now, and how much weight Black voters carry here.

SourceLine Count for Penobscot County

SourceLine hasn't updated the results for Penobscot County, Maine yet. See the Maine Secretary of State for every race.

What was on the ballot in Penobscot County

  • U.S. Senate. The seat held by Susan M. Collins (Republican) was on the ballot.
  • U.S. House. All 2 of the state's seats were on the ballot.
  • Governor. Maine elected its governor this year.
  • State and local races and questions. Every count is posted by the Maine Secretary of State, which lists every race on the ballot.

Maine uses ranked choice voting for some races: if no one has a majority of first choices, the last candidate is dropped and those ballots move to their next choice.

U.S. Senate, Maine

Black Vote Power 1% of citizens old enough to vote · last margin 8.6 points

SourceLine hasn't updated this race's results yet. See Maine official results.

Their records and the three tests
  • Black voters can decide it (not met). Black citizens are about one in a hundred Mainers old enough to vote. The last race for this office was not close enough for that share to decide it.
  • Broad power. One of 100 Senate votes. The Senate passes every federal law and confirms federal judges and cabinet members.
  • History (not met). Troy Jackson became the Democratic nominee on July 25, 2026, replacing Graham Platner.

  • Susan Collins incumbent

    Ballot line
    Republican
    Public office now
    U.S. Senator, Class 2, term began January 3, 2021 (SourceLine officeholder record)
    Campaign money
    $22,465,218 raised for 2026 through October 14, 2026 (Federal Election Commission filings)

  • Troy Jackson

    Ballot line
    Democrat
    Public office
    Not on SourceLine yet
    Campaign money
    Not on SourceLine yet

Ranked choice: voters rank the candidates in order. If no one has more than half of first choices, the last candidate is dropped and those ballots move to their next choice, round by round.

Candidates: Nominees as listed by The Green Papers and reported by Roll Call (July 25, 2026), checked November 2, 2026; candidates printed on the ballot. Checked November 2, 2026. Last margin: Maine Secretary of State, certified results, November 3, 2020; candidate votes agree with the Official Congressional Directory, October 2022: votes cast for senators in 2020, from official statistics compiled by the Clerk of the House. Black Vote Power: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Governor of Maine

Black Vote Power 1% of citizens old enough to vote · last margin 13.2 points

SourceLine hasn't updated this race's results yet. See Maine official results.

Their records and the three tests
  • Black voters can decide it (not met). Black citizens are 1.0 percent of Maine citizens old enough to vote. The last race for this office was not close enough for that share to decide it.
  • Broad power. The governor signs or vetoes every Maine law, proposes the state budget and runs the state government.
  • History (not met). An open seat: Governor Janet Mills cannot run again.

  • Hannah Pingree

    Ballot line
    Democrat
    Public office
    Not on SourceLine yet
    Campaign money
    State campaign filings for this race are not on SourceLine yet

  • Robert B. Charles

    Ballot line
    Republican
    Public office
    Not on SourceLine yet
    Campaign money
    State campaign filings for this race are not on SourceLine yet

  • Rick Bennett

    Ballot line
    Independent
    Public office now
    State Senator, Senate District 18, term began December 7, 2022 (SourceLine officeholder record)
    Campaign money
    State campaign filings for this race are not on SourceLine yet

The candidate with the most votes wins. Maine does not use ranked choice for governor in November.

Candidates: Nominees as listed by The Green Papers and Wikipedia, candidates printed on the ballot, checked November 2, 2026. Checked November 2, 2026. Last margin: Council of State Governments, The Book of the States 2023, table 6.7, voting statistics of gubernatorial elections; agrees with Wikipedia summary of the certified results. Black Vote Power: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Black Vote Power in Penobscot County

0.9% of citizens old enough to vote in Penobscot County, Maine are Black: 1,065 of 125,180 (2020 to 2024).

What It Means Here

In any race here decided by fewer points than 0.9, whether Black citizens turn out and how they vote can decide the result. This counts citizens old enough to vote, not registered voters or turnout, which are counted separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five year estimates, citizen voting age population.

Ballots counted beside 2022

SourceLine hasn't updated ballots counted here yet. Turnout appears here beside the 2022 general election.

Who represents Penobscot County now

U.S. Senate

  • Angus S. King, Jr., Independent
  • Susan M. Collins, Republican · seat was on the ballot Tuesday

Your U.S. House member and state legislators depend on your street address. Look up your address.

Local officials

Local officials: Not on SourceLine yet

Local votes: Not on SourceLine yet

More about Penobscot County

When it becomes final

The state certifies its results on the schedule in state law; the date is not on SourceLine yet. Until then every number here is a SourceLine Count, labelled Where It Stands and not yet certified. Once certified, races read On the Record.

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About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.