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LEWISTON

  • The race for mayor will come down to a runoff election between incumbent Mayor Carl Sheline and Jon Connor. Sheline gained the most votes Tuesday but did not surpass the required 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff.
  • The runoff will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 12, with all voting taking place at Longley Elementary School
  • All three incumbent councilors in contested seats lost their reelection bids on Tuesday, bringing in newcomers Susan Longchamps, Michael Roy and David Chittim, along with Eryn Soule-Leclair, Tim Gallant, Josh Nagine.
  • The only incumbent councilor to serve in 2024 will be Councilor Scott Harriman.

AUBURN

  • Three-term incumbent Mayor Jason Levesque was soundly defeated by challenger Jeff Harmon, who received 62% of the vote.
  • The shake-up continued on the City Council, where three new faces, Tim Cowan, Adam Platz and Benjamin Weisner, will join four incumbents.

Andrew Rice is a staff writer at the Press Herald covering the city of Portland. He's been working in journalism since 2012, joining the Sun Journal in 2017, then the Press Herald in 2026. He lives in...