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Campaign signs for former Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Graham Platner are seen at his headquarters Thursday, July 9, 2026, in Ellsworth, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine Democrats running to replace Platner as Senate nominee scramble to woo his voters

Democrats hoping to replace Graham Platner on the Maine ballot for U.S. Senate are scrambling to woo his supporters.

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, join hands at an event in Orono, Maine, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Succession fight is already underway as calls mount for Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race

A Mainer reacts after his papers successfully dropped into to a ballot box while voting in the Maine Primary, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine counts ranked choice ballots to determine nominees for governor and a US House race

Trump’s DOJ sues 4 Democratic-run states over denying undercover license plates for federal agents

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks with reporters during the National Associate of Secretaries of State Conference in Washington, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Maine’s transgender sports initiative halted by invalid signatures

Maine investigating claim of 250 voting ballots found in a woman’s Amazon order

Authorities in Maine are investigating an allegation that dozens of unmarked ballots that were to be used in this November’s election arrived inside a woman’s Amazon order.

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Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks with reporters during the National Associate of Secretaries of State Conference in Washington, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Judges in Maine and Wisconsin dismiss Justice Department’s attempts to force turnover of voter rolls

Activists are approached by federal agents for following agent vehicles, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Trump administration’s tongue-in-cheek names for immigration operations praised and slammed

Signs welcomes voters Nov. 4, 2025, in Del Mar, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Immigration raids, election office search stir midterm concerns for Democratic election officials

Rosie Grutze protests the presence of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

ICE activity increases in Maine as anxiety grows in immigrant communities

Tear gas is deployed as Federal agents make arrests on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Immigration enforcement arrives in Maine as a court freezes restrictions on tactics in Minnesota

Terry O'Neill casts his ballot while voting at City Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Ellsworth, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine voters reject new GOP-backed voter ID requirement while Texans approve citizenship proposal

A make-shift memorial lines Main Street following a deadly mass shooting in Maine, Nov. 3, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Maine on Election Day

Maine Secretery of State Shenna Bellows speaks at a news conference at the Maine State House in Augusta on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

Maine is investigating a claim that bundles of ballots ended up in a resident’s Amazon order

A Super Tuesday voter walks past a sign requiring a photo ID at a polling location, March 5, 2024, in Mount Holly, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Justice Department says it’s suing Oregon and Maine as it seeks voter data in multiple states

Voters wait in a long line at a polling place at the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

The Justice Department seeks voter and election information from at least 19 states, AP finds

Commissioner Donald Palmer speaks during a U.S. Election Assistance Commission Standards Board in-person public meeting, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

US election officials question agency about Trump’s order overhauling election operations

A spot that had been reserved for a representative of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency sits vacant at a meeting of the National Association of State Election Directors in Washington, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Christina A. Cassidy)

Trump administration halts funding for two cybersecurity efforts, including one for elections

Blythe Gonzalez, right, asks a question of a Jackson, Miss., precinct worker, unseen, while her husband Jorge Gonzalez, left, waits with his paper ballot, to accompany her to a voting kiosk, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Rogelio V. Solis, File)

GOP pushes ahead with citizenship voting bill. Some state election officials say it’s problematic

Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows addresses a livestream as election workers scan ballots, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Augusta Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp)

Maine elections chief who drew Trump’s ire narrates House tabulations in livestream

Bucking national trends, a third of Maine towns still count ballots by hand

FILE - Progressive activist Cornel West speaks during a demonstration prior to a march to the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Cornel West cleared to appear on ballot in Maine, where ranked voting is in play

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Maine’s top court dismisses an appeal of a judge’s decision on Trump’s ballot status

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump appears at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Maine’s top election official appeals the ruling that delayed a decision on Trump’s ballot status

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump appears at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case

FILE - Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks at an event, Jan. 4, 2023, in Augusta, Maine. Republicans who want to remove Maine's secretary of state from office in the wake of her decision to bar former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot will face long odds against an influential member of the state's majority-holding Democratic party. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine House votes down GOP effort to impeach election official who removed Trump from ballot

FILE - Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks at an event, Jan. 4, 2023, in Augusta, Maine. Republicans who want to remove Maine's secretary of state from office in the wake of her decision to bar former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot will face long odds against an influential member of the state's majority-holding Democratic party. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Republicans want to impeach the Maine official who cut Trump from the ballot. They face long odds

FILE - Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks at the inauguration of Gov. Janet Mills, Jan. 4, 2023, at the Civic Center in Augusta, Maine. A swatting call was made Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, to the home of Bellows. A man called emergency services saying he broke into a house in Manchester, Maine, which turned out to be Bellows' home. No one was home at the time, and responding officers found nothing suspicious. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine state official who removed Trump from ballot was targeted in swatting call at her home

FILE - Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks at an event, Jan. 4, 2023, in Augusta, Maine. Bellows on Thursday, Dec. 28, removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine secretary of state who opted to keep Trump off primary ballot is facing threat of impeachment

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters as he arrives at a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump slams Maine ballot removal as the Supreme Court is set to rule if states can stop him running

Pine Tree Power supporter seeks to stop public vote on debt

Maine top election official testifies against voter ID bill

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks to the media while state workers conduct ranked choice tabulations for the 2nd Congressional District race on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Augusta, Maine. Democrats held on to a swing district in Maine, as two-term U.S. Rep. Jared Golden beat back a challenge from a former congressman via ranked choice voting for the second time in four years. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

Democrats hold on to US House seat in Maine via ranked vote

This photo combination shows the Democratic and Republican candidates for the upcoming U.S. House race primary elections, in Maine, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Top row, from left, from Maine’s 1st District, incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree, Republican Ed Thelander, and from the state’s 2nd District, Democratic incumbent Jared Golden. Bottom row, from left, from Maine’s 2nd District, Republicans Bruce Poliquin and Elizabeth Caruso. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

AP News Guide: A look at Maine’s primary elections

Absentee ballots suggest sizable interest in Maine election

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