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Maine Republican loses seat to Democrat after ranked-choice votes counted

By Diana Stancy Correll
Published November 15, 2018 10:22pm ET
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Maine Republican loses seat to Democrat after ranked-choice votes counted
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, walks ahead of employees of the ND Paper mill during a campaign stop in Old Town, Maine. | (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin has lost his seat to Democratic challenger Jared Golden through ranked-choice voting for Maine’s 2nd District House race, Maine’s Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Thursday.

“It looks like Jared Golden is the apparent winner of the ranked-choice election,” Dunlap said, noting that Golden received 50.5 percent of the votes and Poliquin won 49.5 percent.

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