Austin Theriault‘s campaign requested a recount in Maine‘s 2nd congressional District race immediately after Democratic incumbent Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was declared the winner on Friday. Of the few competitive races this election season,

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England said appointment requests for long-acting contraceptives like IUDs nearly doubled in the week after the Nov. 5 election.

Maine is one of a handful of states that use Ranked Choice Voting, where voters rank in order of preference who they would like to see win. In this case, when the bottom candidates were eliminated, their votes were reallocated to their second and third choices until a remaining candidate received over 50 percent.

Eleven races for the Maine Legislature are being recounted, starting Friday and continuing through Nov. 25. Maine law does not require recounts, but candidates can request one. Candidates do not have to pay a deposit if the races are very close — 1% or less of the apparent margin of victory.

Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has emerged victorious after the state conducted its ranked choice runoff for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has won reelection to Congress. Friday's outcome marks the third time Golden has won thanks to the lesser choices of some voters under Maine’s ranked choice system.

The ranked choice results in Maine’s Second Congressional District are expected to be finalized Friday evening.

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Maine on Friday. Golden is one of just a handful of Democratic House members who represents a district that Republican Donald Trump carried in 2020,

The ranked choice vote tabulation went on for several days after neither candidate surpassed 50 percent of first-place votes on Election Day.

Democrat Jared Golden wins reelection to U.S. House in Maine's 2nd Congressional District.

Two weeks after the Presidential Election, results are still up in the air across the state for many different positions.

PORTLAND (WGME) -- A Maine lawmaker is looking to change the rules when it comes to blank ballots to avoid a situation the ranked choice tabulation in Maine's Second District this year.