Maine

OPEN SEAT

Filing Deadline: March, 2010

Primary Date: June 8, 2010

Current Governor: John Baldacci (D)

Republican Candidates:

- Matt Jacobson, Businessman

- Paul LePage, Mayor of Waterville

- Peter Mills, State Senator

- Les Otten, Businessman

- Bruce Poliquin, Businessman

- Steve Abbott, Attorney

- Bill Beardsley, Former Husson University President

- Marty Vachon, Electrician

Democratic Candidates:

- Donna Dion, Former Mayor of Biddeford

- Pat McGowan, Former State Conservation Commissioner

- Libby Mitchell, State Senate President

- Rosa Scarcelli, Affordable Housing Company CEO

- Steve Rowe, Former Attorney General and Former State House Speaker

- John Richardson, State Economic/Community Development Commissioner and Former State House Speaker

Green Party Candidates:

- Lynne Williams, Former State Party Chair and Attorney

Independant Candidates:

- Sam Bailey, Investment Advisor

- Christopher Cambron

- Beverly Cooper-Pete, Curriculum Specialist

- Eliot Cutler, Attorney and former Congressional Aide

- Augustus Edgerton, Welder

- Alex Hammer, Businessman

- John Whitcomb, Sidney Town Selectman