Extremely close Maine Democratic governor primary likely headed to ranked-choice runoff

The Democratic and Republican primaries for governor of Maine are proceeding to ranked-choice voting tallies. In the Democratic primary, Troy Jackson and Nirav Shah traded narrow early leads, though several other candidates remained competitive. Both races remain undecided due to a broad field of competing candidates and the complexities introduced by Maine's ranked-choice voting system, which will determine the final winners for both major political parties in the gubernatorial contest.