Governor of Maine

Research notes & limits

The slate was checked against the Maine Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Candidates List (Excel, filed 7/27/2026) and the declared write-in list updated 10/15/2026: the only governor candidates are Pingree (D), Charles (R) and Bennett (independent/unenrolled), with write-ins John Glowa and Randy Wilcox. Primary results are from the Wikipedia race article (its first-round figure for Charles is 38.0% in the table and 37.7% in the text, so the guide says about 38%). Ballotpedia blocked automated access. Maine has no lieutenant governor, so there are no running mates. Pingree's record items rest on her campaign's accomplishments page; the guide attributes them to her campaign. The Kid-Safe law text is cited from the legislature's page (L.D. 2048). Charles has never held elected office, so no record items. Bennett's record items are Maine Senate roll calls checked against the official roll-call PDFs; he voted both for L.D. 208 (minority report) and for the L.D. 1230 ought-not-to-pass report, so no gun-law position is inferred. No position is inferred from Bennett's votes alone; they appear only as record items. Charles's website could not be located, so his priorities come from news coverage of his statements; his abortion and immigration positions were not found as direct statements. On 2026-10-19 the Secretary of State xlsx and write-in PDF were re-fetched successfully (the xlsx lists GOV: Bennett Independent, Charles R, Pingree D; the PDF lists John Glowa and Randy Wilcox); The Maine Monitor's governor guide corroborates.