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,

Recounts for a dozen close races continue this week, including the 2nd Congressional District race between incumbent U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and state Rep. Austin Theriault.

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to Congress through Maine’s ranked choice system on Friday. It’s the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to produce a majority for any candidate.

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.

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.

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

Golden, the Democratic incumbent, was re-elected in Maine's ranked-choice system, which is similar to Alaska's current system.

Representative Jared Golden, a three-term Democrat, defeated Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver, in one of a handful of districts held by Democrats that Donald J. Trump won in 2020.

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 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.