This was not a good election for voters in the West End. Despite Portland voters picking Michaud and Bellows by large margins yesterday, the rest of the state out voted us. We will have four more years of LePage and six more of Susan Collins. Also, Portland voted Yes on 1 with over three-quarters of the vote, but statewide the referendum was defeated. Here are the results for the West End races:
US Senate
Bellows, Shenna … 189,377 32%
Collins, Susan … 410,645 68%
US Congress
Misiuk, Isaac (R) … 94,343 31%
Pingree, Chellie (D) … 185,474 60%
Murphy, Richard (I) … 27,511 9%
Governor
Cutler, Eliot … 51,041 8%
LePage, Paul … 291,974 48%
Michaud, Mike … 262,247 43%
State Senate
Alfond, Justin … 11,345 67.56%
Doyle, Peter … 2,605 15.51%
Platts, Asher … 2,843 16.93%
State Representative (District 38)
Loring, Tom … 593 15.68%
Moonen, Matt … 3,188 84.32%
School Board At-Large
Eder, John … 11,783 51.51%
Landry, Gene … 11,093 48.49%
Referendum and Bond Questions
Yes on 1 Bear-baiting … 274,835 46%
No on 1 Bear-baiting …. 317,602 54%
All of the bond questions passed.
In another race of note, Justin Costa won the District 4 (Back Bay and East Deering) City Council seat with 51% of the vote (2,859 votes) in a three-way race against Rosemary Mahoney (21.25%, 1,188) and Raymond Ruby (27.62%, 1,544).
