15th November 2018, 9:45 AM
And Golden (the Democrat) wins the ranked choice vote for representative from Maine's second district! The second district has gone far to the right over the past decade, unlike this very blue first district, but it's fantastic to see that they still sometimes can vote for a Democrat, even if it took ranked choice to get it. The final 50.5 to 49.5 margin is very close, so Golden will have a tough re-election fight next time I'm sure, but we got the seat for now and that's great.
Of course, Republican and thus ranked-choice-hating Bruce Poliquin is suing to overturn the ranked choice law because they don't like voting systems that make it easier for people to vote and such, but his lawsuit is likely to fail so he'll have to concede eventually. :)
Of course, Republican and thus ranked-choice-hating Bruce Poliquin is suing to overturn the ranked choice law because they don't like voting systems that make it easier for people to vote and such, but his lawsuit is likely to fail so he'll have to concede eventually. :)