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The election is over: yard signs are being pulled from the ground as some of the state’s final votes are being tallied. The closely watched 2nd congressional district race between Jared Golden and Austin Theriault is headed for a ranked-choice runoff after neither candidate got more than 50 percent of the votes.

In Franklin County, which grew its county commission board from three to five seats, voters elected a brand new slate of leaders: Thomas Saviello of Wilton, Fenwick Fowler of Farmington, Thomas Skolfield of Weld, Robert Carlton of Freeman Township, and Jeffery Gilbert of Jay. Now’s a good time to revisit our Maine Monitor story about what this shift says about the changing region.

And here are the results of western Maine’s state Senate races: Russell Black, a Republican from Wilton, was reelected; Richard Bennett, a Republican from Oxford, was reelected; James Libby, a Republican from Standish, was reelected; Bradlee Farrin, a Republican from Norridgewock, was reelected; Joseph Martin, a Republican from Rumford, won Lisa Keim’s seat; and Scott Cyrway, a Republican from Albion, flipped District 16.

For more statehouse results and representatives’ legislative records, you can visit the county pages in our voter guide and then navigate to each district in our statehouse directory. 

Who donated to Jared Golden and Austin Theriault?:

A Maine Monitor analysis of FEC data finds the majority of Golden’s individual contributions came from out of state, while Theriault’s were more evenly split.

Read this story by Emily Bader

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Franklin County elects new five new commissioners | The Daily Bulldog

Maine's too-close-to-call 2nd District race is headed to a ranked-choice runoff | Maine Public

A voter-approved Maine limit on PAC contributions sets the stage for a legal challenge | Associated Press

In red town of Oxford, Trump supporters celebrate | Press Herald

Mexico tech school equipment bond overwhelmingly approved | Rumford Falls Times

Air quality, mold specialist cites ‘chronic problem’ at Mexico middle school | Rumford Falls Times

Maine grant program to help reduce firefighters’ exposure to carcinogens began in Farmington | Franklin Journal

Some Spruce Mountain schools see improved behavior in students | Livermore Falls Advertiser 

Wilton board accepts grant for police department | Franklin Journal 

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