REGION — Election Day will be Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Voters in Oxford County will be asked to choose the state’s next governor, county sheriff, U.S. representative to Congress and state senators and State House representatives for their districts.
The candidates for those offices are listed below:
U.S. House Maine District 2
Incumbent: Jared Golden (D)
Challenger: Bruce Poliquan (R)
Challenger: Tiffany Bond: (I)
Maine Governor
Incumbent: Janet Mills (D)
Challenger: Paul LePage (R)
Challenger: Sam Hunkler (I)
Oxford County Sheriff
Incumbent: Christopher Wainwright (R)
Challenger: Justin Brown (I)
Senate District 18: Andover, Bethel, Buckfield, Byron, Canton, Dixfield, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Hartford, Hebron, Lincoln Plantation, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Lovell, Magalloway Plantation, Mexico, Milton Township., Newry, North Oxford Unorganized Territory, Peru, Roxbury, Rumford, South Oxford Unorganized Territory, Stoneham, Stow, Sumner, Sweden, Upton, Waterford, West Paris and Woodstock
Incumbent: Lisa Keim (R)
Challenger: Matthew R. Bean (D)
Senate District 19: Bridgton, Brownfield, Denmark, Fryeburg, Harrison, Hiram, Naples, Norway, Otisfield, Oxford, Paris, Porter and Sebago
Incumbent: Rick Bennett (R)
Challenger: Colin O’Neill (D)
House District 69: Bridgton, Denmark and Harrison
Incumbent: Walter Riseman (I)
Challenger: Donna Dodge (R)
House District 71: Norway, Sweden, Waterford and West Paris
Incumbent: Sawin Millett (R)
Challenger: Daniel Sipe (D)
House District 72: Mechanic Falls, Otisfield and Oxford
Open seat: Caldwell Jackson (R)
Challenger: none
House District 73: Buckfield, Hebron and Paris
Incumbent: John Andrews (R)
Challenger: none
Most polling places will be open from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Tuesday. The deadline to complete early voting is today by close of business. Check with your local town clerk’s or registrar’s office with questions about voting, for office open hours or to see if early voting is allowed.
Voters have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to request an absentee ballot.
The deadline to return completed absentee ballots to be received by mail or in person is Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m.
Local polling information:
Buckfield: Buckfield Community Center, 34 Turner St.
Local ballot: Selectman seat (1); Revote on RSU 10 new PreK-8 elementary school
Harrison: Harrison Town Office, 20 Front St., Harrison
Absentee voting: Ballots must be requested by Nov. 3.
Hebron: Hebron Town Office, 351 Paris Road, Hebron.
Norway: Norway Fire Station, 19 Danforth St., Norway.
Otisfield: Otisfield Community Hall, 292 Route 121, Otisfield.
Oxford: Oxford Fire & Rescue Building, 701 Main St., Oxford
Paris: Paris Fire Station, 137 Western Ave., South Paris
Local ballot: Retail marijuana license ordinance
Waterford: Waterford Municipal Building, 366 Valley Road, Waterford
Polling hours: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
West Paris: West Paris Town Office Meeting Room, 25 Kingsbury St., West Paris
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