Incumbents elected except for president

Incumbent candidates were returned to office during the November 3 election in Washington County legislative districts and for Maine's U.S. Senate and 2nd Congressional District seats. Nationally, though, the top prize, the U.S. presidency, flipped in the divisive election, with Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the first woman and woman of color to become vice president, beating the Republican incumbents, Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
Maine ended up splitting its Electoral College votes, with three votes going to Biden and one to Trump. The 1st Congressional District favored Biden by a margin of 60% to 37%, while the 2nd District went for Trump, but by a narrower margin, 52% to 45%.
According to unofficial results, with not all votes included, Washington County also voted for Trump, giving the president 59% of the vote to 39% for Biden. Almost all Washington County communities favored Trump, with the blue islands of Eastport, Pleasant Point and Lubec at the easternmost tip of the county surrounded by a sea of red, with streaks of purple. Results from larger municipalities were: Baileyville -- Trump 63%, Biden 36%; Calais -- Trump 57%, Biden 41%; Eastport -- Biden 57%, Trump 41%; Lubec -- Biden 52%, Trump 46%; Machias -- Trump 52%, Biden 44%.
U.S. Senator Susan Collins was reelected to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate, easily besting Democratic challenger Sarah Gideon by nearly a nine-point margin. Collins received 51% of the vote to 42.3% for Gideon. Although ranked-choice voting was used in the election, because Collins received over 50% of the vote it was not used in the vote-counting process. If Collins had just over one percentage point fewer of the votes, the race probably would have been much closer, since many of those who voted for independent candidate Lisa Savage, who garnered 4.9% of the vote, were expected to have ranked Gideon as their second choice.
Washington County voted for Collins by an even larger margin than the statewide vote, giving her 65% to 30% for Gideon. For larger municipalities the results were: Baileyville -- Collins 70%, Gideon 25%; Calais -- Collins 64%, Gideon 31%; Eastport -- Collins 50%, Gideon 44%; Lubec-- Collins 55%, Gideon 40%; Machias -- Collins 57%, Gideon 34%.
For U.S. congressman in the 2nd Congressional District, first-term Democratic incumbent Jared Golden bested Republican candidate Dale Crafts by a margin of 53% to 47%. However, Crafts won in Washington County by the same six-point margin of 53% to 47%. Results for larger municipalities were: Baileyville -- Crafts 54.5%, Golden 45.5%; Calais -- Crafts 51%, Golden 49%; Eastport -- Golden 65%, Crafts 35%; Lubec -- Golden 60%, Crafts 40%; Machias -- Golden 52.5%, Crafts 47.5%.
Nationally, while the Democratic margin in the U.S. House narrowed and control of the U.S. Senate will likely not be decided until runoff elections are held in Georgia, Democrats retained control in the Maine House and Senate.

County races
In Washington County legislative races, incumbents also retained their seats. With 89% of the results in, Republican State Senator Marianne Moore of Calais defeated the Democratic candidate, Jeffrey Lovit of Addison, by a margin of 64% to 36%.
Democratic Rep. Robert Alley of Beals easily retained his seat to represent House District 138, defeating Republican Kimberley Robinson of Harrington by a margin of 58% to 42%.
In the District 139 race, incumbent Republican Rep. Will Tuell of East Machias won by a margin of 72.5% to 27.5% for Democratic candidate Patricia Godin of Trescott.
For the House District 140 seat, incumbent Democratic Rep. Anne Perry of Calais defeated Republican Michael Lawson of Charlotte by a margin of 62% to 38%.
In District 141, Republican Rep. Kathy Javner of Chester won over Democratic candidate Donald Green of Berry Township by a margin of 74% to 26%.
For Washington County commissioner seats, incumbents Vinton Cassidy of Calais and Christopher Gardner of Edmunds were both reelected.
Turnout was high, but while it was a record number nationally, the number of voters in area municipalities was not unusual for a presidential race. In Eastport, 840 residents cast votes, out of 1,243 registered voters, for a turnout of 68%. In Calais the voter turnout was 66%, with 2,210 registered voters, including 115 who registered on Election Day, and 1,534 casting ballots.
A high number of mailed-in votes were cast in the election, mainly because of COVID-19 concerns. In Eastport, over half of the voters mailed in their ballots, with 463 absentee ballots issued and a total of 840 votes cast in the election.