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Watch: Maine To Complete Ranked-Choice Runoff In Republican 2nd District Race

Maine Public | By Ed Morin
Published July 21, 2020 at 6:04 AM EDT
David Sharp
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Associated Press
Election workers deal with a light voter turnout for primary elections at Falmouth High School on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Falmouth, Maine.

The Maine secretary of state’s office expects to finish up the ranked-choice voting tally Tuesday in the Republican 2nd District Congressional primary.

The winner will face off against Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden. The Maryland-based nonprofit FairVote projects that Dale Crafts will defeat Adrienne Bennett 58-42 percent after third-place finisher Eric Brakey’s votes are redistributed to the other two candidates.

Both Bennett and Brakey conceded the election to Crafts, but Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says concession has no legal standing under the ranked-choice voting law. He calls it a courtesy.
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Ed Morin
Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.
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