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Your Vote 2014

For MPBN's Your Vote 2014 live election results, click here.MPBN’s elections compendium is brought to you by AARP, MEMIC and Lambert Coffin.Debates:Click here to watch the 1st Congressional District debateClick here to watch the 2nd Congressional District debateClick here to watch the Senate debateClick here to watch the gubernatorial debateResources:Gubernatorial Race: GridPaul LePage (R)Mike Michaud (D): Profile, Maine Calling interviewEliot Cutler (I): Maine Calling interviewSenate Race: GridSusan Collins (R): Profile, Maine Calling interviewShenna Bellows (D): Profile, Maine Calling interview1st District Congressional Race: GridChellie Pingree (D): Profile, Maine Calling interviewIsaac Misiuk (R): Profile, Maine Calling interviewRichard Murphy (I): Profile, Maine Calling interview2nd District Congressional Race: GridEmily Cain (D): Profile, Maine Calling interviewBruce Poliquin (R): Profile, Maine Calling interviewBlaine Richardson (I): Profile, Maine Calling interviewFor a list of referendum questions, click here.

Conservative Poliquin Wins GOP Primary in Maine

Maine Public | By Associated Press

Published June 10, 2014 at 12:00 AM EDT

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ Tea-party favorite Bruce Poliquin has won the Republican primary for the 2nd Congressional District seat and will face Democrat Emily Cain in November.

Poliquin is a Harvard-educated businessman. He was beating establishment Republican Kevin Raye 55 percent to 45 percent Tuesday with 258 of 422 precincts reporting in unofficial returns.

Throughout the campaign, Poliquin framed Raye as a ``liberal'' and ``career politician'' who wouldn't stand up for conservative principles in Washington. Poliquin attacked his opponent for supporting a measure to study a universal health care model and not joining him in signing a no-tax pledge.

Raye has said Poliquin's unbending partisan approach wouldn't be effective in Washington and that compromise is possible without losing ground on GOP values.

The seat became open when U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud decided to run for governor.