Maine Auditor Matt Dunlap won the Democratic primary for a House seat over a rival backed by House Democratic leaders in one of the most difficult districts for their party to defend in the Nov. 3 general election.
Dunlap emerged victorious in a ranked-choice voting tabulation early Friday that was required under Maine law because none of the four Democrats seeking the state’s 2nd District won a majority of the vote in the June 9 primary. Dunlap edged Joe Baldacci, a state senator backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm of House Democrats seeking to flip control ...