State facts
- Population
- 1,414,874 (2025 estimate; 1,363,218 in the 2020 Census)
- Seats in the U.S. House
- 2
- State legislature
- Senate: 35 members, 2-year terms
- House of Representatives: 151 members, 2-year terms
- Governor’s term
- Four-year term, limited to two terms in a row; after four years out of office, a former governor may run again.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 state population estimates; National Conference of State Legislatures. Checked October 19, 2026.
Who represents Maine now
- Governor
- Janet T. Mills · Democratic · since January 2019Seat on the Nov. 3 ballot
- U.S. senators
- Susan M. Collins · Republican · since 1997Seat on the Nov. 3 ballot
- Angus S. King, Jr. · Independent · since 2013
- U.S. House members
- 2 seats · Democratic: 2
Sources: National Governors Association (party and start date: Wikidata); congress-legislators (current members of Congress). Checked October 19, 2026.
Voting in Maine
We couldn’t check the state election office’s pages word for word (some state sites block automated reading), so we don’t restate its rules here.
For deadlines, ways to vote and to check your registration, see Maine’s election office: maine.gov
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Federal candidate lists come from FEC filings. A candidate is marked “on the ballot” once their campaign files a pre-general report or the state’s official candidate list confirms it; others filed for 2026 but may have lost a primary or withdrawn.