Maine governor polls 2026

Governor election 3 Nov 2026, in 3 days.

Hannah Pingree leads the polling average with 48.9%, 10.1 points ahead of Bobby Charles.

Average

Updated 34 minutes ago

Hannah Pingree 48.9 +0.6

Bobby Charles 38.8 +1.6

Rick Bennett 7.3 +1.9

Hannah PingreeBobby CharlesRick Bennett

Hannah PingreeBobby CharlesRick Bennett

Immigration

ExpandRestrictRemigration

Economy

Free marketState-directed

Christian identity1 unplaced

SecularChristian

Abortion

Broad accessProtect unborn life

Marriage & family

Individual choiceTraditional

National culture1 unplaced

CosmopolitanPreserve heritage

Subsidiarity

CentraliseDevolve

Technology1 unplaced

Light-touchRein in Big Tech

Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology

Why these scores

Hannah Pingree: 2 of 10 Backs 2025 Maine laws limiting police and school cooperation with ICE; says ICE cannot be reformed
Bobby Charles: 6.5 of 10 Republican nominee; limited public detail, assumed border-enforcement emphasis in line with Maine GOP.
Rick Bennett: 3 of 10 Lone Republican voting for 2025 Maine laws limiting police cooperation with ICE

Hannah Pingree: 6 of 10 Public health insurance option, $100M a year for housing, backs millionaires tax, free school meals
Bobby Charles: 2.5 of 10 Republican nominee; tax and regulation cuts typical of Maine GOP platform, limited specifics.
Rick Bennett: 5.5 of 10 State-owned renewable Maine Generation Authority, path to universal care, down-payment guarantees

Hannah Pingree: 2 of 10 No faith-based policy; secular progressive platform
Bobby Charles: 5 of 10 Republican nominee; no distinctive Christian-identity platform found, typical GOP positioning.

Hannah Pingree: 1 of 10 Planned Parenthood-endorsed; campaigns to protect reproductive rights
Bobby Charles: 5 of 10 Republican nominee in a pro-choice state; specific stance unclear, assumed moderate-restrictive.
Rick Bennett: 4.5 of 10 Backed stripping Planned Parenthood funding in 2022; voted against 2024 constitutional abortion amendment

Hannah Pingree: 1.5 of 10 Lists LGBT rights among rights she will protect against Trump administration
Bobby Charles: 5 of 10 Standard Republican positioning; no documented distinctive family policy.
Rick Bennett: 3 of 10 Only Republican senator voting against June 2025 bills barring transgender girls from girls' sports

Hannah Pingree: 2.5 of 10 Mainstream Democratic platform; no heritage agenda
Bobby Charles: 5.5 of 10 Republican nominee; mainstream centre-right to Trump-aligned cultural messaging, limited specifics.

Hannah Pingree: 5 of 10 Gives towns new local revenue options and a say over data centers; keeps state school share
Bobby Charles: 6 of 10 Republican emphasis on limiting state government and local control, limited specifics.
Rick Bennett: 6 of 10 Guarantees towns' revenue-sharing floor, 55% state school funding, incentives for regional services

Hannah Pingree: 6.5 of 10 Wants AI data-center moratorium, a state AI regulation framework, and a school cellphone ban
Bobby Charles: 3 of 10 Typical Republican light-touch approach; no documented tech platform.

Date	Pollster	Pingree	Charles	Bennett
27 Oct	Data for Progress (D)	49	37	7
25 Oct	Marist University+1 scenario	44	44	6
23 Oct	Echelon Insights (R)	51	38	7
20 Oct	Beacon Research (D)/Shaw & Co. Research (R)	49	39	9
11 Oct	Suffolk University	49	38	8
5 Oct	The Washington Post/SSPG	49	36	11
4 Oct	Marist University	52	40	6
30 Sept	co/efficient (R)	47	38	6
22 Sept	Fabrizio Ward (R)/ Impact Research (D)	52	39	6
22 Sept	New York Times/Portland Press Herald/ Siena University	47	34	8
21 Sept	University of New Hampshire	48	40	5
8 Sept	YouGov+1 scenario	47	36	2
10 Aug	Beacon Research (D)/ Shaw & Co. Research (R)	49	38	9
20 Jul	University of New Hampshire	49	35	6