缅因州第2选区众议员选举：美联社宣布前州长 Paul LePage 当选，翻转民主党席位
美联社于美东时间11月12日下午1时32分宣布，共和党人、前缅因州州长 Paul LePage 在缅因州第2国会选区联邦众议员选举中击败民主党人、州审计长 Matthew Dunlap，当选该区众议员，这一席位由民主党转入共和党。美联社最新计票显示，LePage 得票170,265张、占全部选票的49.9%，Dunlap 得票164,845张、占48.3%，两人相差5,420票，约97.8%的选票已经计出。
该选区11月3日投票后无人得票超过全部选票的半数，依缅因州法律启动排序复选计票。缅因州州务卿办公室11月5日公布首选票结果：LePage 得170,263票、占49.894%，Dunlap 得164,845票、占48.307%，另有手写候选人123票、空白票6,017张，总投票341,248张；Dunlap 已于11月5日承认败选。排序复选计票11月9日在州府 Augusta 的州公共安全部总部启动，美联社于11月12日宣布 LePage 获胜。
该席位现任众议员、民主党人 Jared Golden 连任四届后宣布退休，席位公开竞逐。缅因州第2选区涵盖该州北部与东部大片地区，是密西西比河以东面积最大的国会选区。LePage 现年78岁，2011年至2019年担任缅因州州长两届，此次当选将接替 Golden 出任众议员；多家媒体指出，这是本届中期选举中共和党在未重划的选区内从民主党手中翻转的唯一一个众议院席位。计入此席，美联社已宣布众议院424个席位的归属，其中共和党169席，另有11席尚未宣布。（来源：美联社）
关联：缅因州第二国会选区未分胜负 11月9日启动排序复选计票
AP Calls Maine's 2nd District for Former Gov. Paul LePage, Flipping a Democratic House Seat
The Associated Press declared at 1:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, November 12, that Republican former Maine Gov. Paul LePage won election to the U.S. House in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, defeating Democrat Matthew Dunlap, the state auditor, and flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican hands. The AP's latest count shows LePage with 170,265 votes, or 49.9 percent of all ballots cast, to Dunlap's 164,845 votes, or 48.3 percent, a margin of 5,420 votes, with about 97.8 percent of the vote counted.
No candidate won more than half of all ballots cast in the November 3 vote, so the race went to a ranked-choice tabulation under Maine law. The Maine Secretary of State's office announced first-choice results on November 5: LePage 170,263 votes, or 49.894 percent; Dunlap 164,845, or 48.307 percent; declared write-in candidates 123 votes; and 6,017 blank ballots, out of 341,248 ballots cast. Dunlap conceded on November 5. The ranked-choice tabulation began on November 9 at the Maine Department of Public Safety headquarters in Augusta, and the AP called the race for LePage on November 12.
The seat was open after Democratic Rep. Jared Golden announced his retirement following four terms. Maine's 2nd District covers much of the state's north and east and is the largest congressional district by area east of the Mississippi River. LePage, 78, served two terms as Maine's governor from 2011 to 2019 and will succeed Golden in the House; multiple outlets have noted that this is the only House seat Republicans flipped from Democrats in a district that was not redrawn in this midterm cycle. With this call, the AP has now called 424 House seats, with Republicans holding 169, and 11 seats remain uncalled. (Source: The Associated Press)
Related: Maine's 2nd District undecided; ranked-choice tabulation began Nov. 9
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