Teresa Pellicer and Tammy Richer, both of Yarmouth, watch early results during the Democrats' watch party at Aura in Portland on election night.
Madeleine Roundy, right, a campaign volunteer for Austin Theriault — the Republican candidate for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District — kicks a balloon back and forth with Lana Wescott, an event planner for the election night watch party at Hollywood Casino Hotel in Bangor a few minutes before guests began to arrive.
US Rep. Chellie Pingree thanks supporters during the Democrats' watch party at Aura in Portland on election night.
Gov. Janet Mills talks with supporters during the Democrats' watch party in Portland on election night.
A line forms outside the Westbrook Community Center as people wait for their turn to vote on Election Day.
In a flurry of activity, Westbrook voters make their way in and out of voting booths at Westbrook Community Center early Tuesday evening.
A voter grabs a sticker on the way out of the Westbrook Community Center.
Voters wait in line to vote at the East End Community School in Portland on Election Day.
Election volunteer Laurette Dumas stands in a shaft of sunlight at Kennebunk Town Hall as she waits for voters to scan their ballots on Tuesday.
Voters cast their ballots at Kennebunk Town Hall on Election Day.
A line of voter wraps around Woodfords Club on Election Day in Portland.
Dylan Hausthor crouches down to log on to their computer while waiting in line to register to vote at Merrill Auditorium. Hausthor, who is a photography professor at MECA, said they were scheduled to teach a class soon, but had already been waiting in the line to register to vote for 90 minutes.
Three lines of voters, some waiting to vote and some to register to vote, wind through the hallway at Merrill Auditorium on November 5.
Jennifer Chamberlin waits in line to cast her ballot with her daughter Isla, 3, and Isabelle, 7, not pictured, at Woodfords Club in Portland on Tuesday. “We brought them specifically because it will be a historic vote,” Chamberlin said. “We’re manifesting goodness.”
Voters fill out their ballots on Election Day at Buxton Town Hall.
Bridget Hoke, left, talks to Zoe Borenstein, right, while they wait in line to vote Tuesday at Woodfords Club in Portland. Borenstein and Hoke said they always have a chair in their car for situations like this. “We both have disabilities,” Hoke said. “So it is good to come prepared.”
People wait in the lobby of the South Portland Community Center on Tuesday after the building was placed on lockdown by South Portland Police. People were not allowed to enter or leave the community center for about 15 minutes after South Portland High School, which is next to the community center, received a threatening call.
Voters fill in their ballots at Merrill Auditorium.
Sarah Catalano, right, and her daughter Gwen Catalano, 19, wait in line to vote just after 6 a.m. Tuesday at Buxton Town Hall. This year is Gwen’s first time voting in an election. The pair decided to come early because she has class during the day. “I just want her voice to be heard,” Sarah Catalano said of her daughter.
The line of voters waiting for Buxton Town Hall to open at 6 a.m. begins to head inside to cast their ballots on Tuesday.
Joseph Parker fills out his ballot Tuesday morning under the watchful eye of his son Joseph at the Lewiston Armory. Behind them, Daria Jones votes as her children patiently wait
Caitlyn Paquette gets ready to turn in her voter registration card before voting for the first time Tuesday at Buxton Town Hall. “It’s a huge, huge election,” Paquette said. “I feel like it’s good vs. evil at this point.”
Voters register Tuesday morning at Longley School in Lewiston prior to voting in the presidential election.
Lewiston Middle School students look over the balcony Tuesday morning at the voting process at the Lewiston Armory. Teachers led students across the parking lot from the school in small groups to the armory all day for them to observe the election.
Kim Sorensen waits to cast her ballot at the South Portland Community Center on Tuesday.
People wait in long lines to scan their ballots after voting at the South Portland Community Center on Tuesday.
Voters stand in line to receive their ballots from the poll workers Tuesday at the Pittston Town Office.
The line of voters waiting to get in seen through the window at Woodfords Club in Portland on Tuesday.
Kelcy Ingstrom, the ward clerk working the polls at Woodfords Club, checks on people in line on Election Day in Portland. Ingstrom said the line was long but that it was on the morning of Election Day 2020 as well and died down in the evening.
Friends Hannah Williams, right, and Veronica Ross say a quick hello with a hug after seeing each other in line to vote Tuesday at Buxton Town Hall.
Voters feed their ballots into the machine on Election Day at Buxton Town Hall on Tuesday.
Austin Aube, left, and others check maps Tuesday morning at Longley School in Lewiston to see where they should go to vote
Ward Clerk Patti Gagne plays peek-a-boo with a young child as their father waits in line to get his ballot Tuesday morning at the Lewiston Armory.
Auburn Warden Bob Hayes watches over voters Tuesday morning at Auburn City Hall.
Sen. Angus King walks into the polls at Brunswick Junior High School with his daughter Molly on Tuesday morning.
Voting was steady Tuesday morning at Auburn City Hall.
A steady stream of voters heads into Longley School Tuesday morning to cast their votes.
Former Auburn City Councilor David Gatchell drops his absentee ballot in the ballot box Tuesday morning at Auburn City Hall. "I'm really just here for the free stuff they are giving out," he said with a smile.
Lawrence Anderson, center in plaid shirt, stands in line as one of the first to vote at Buxton Town Hall just after 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Voters fill out their ballots on Election Day at Buxton Town Hall.
Voters wait in line Tuesday outside of Woodfords Club in Portland.
Bates College employee Cole Taylor holds a sign for voter registration Tuesday morning at the Lewiston Armory.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows chats with Buxton clerk John Meyers as voters begin casting their ballots at Buxton Town Hall on Tuesday.
Volunteer John McCall registers a voter at the South Portland Community Center on Tuesday.
Voters wait to cast their ballots Tuesday at Woodfords Club in Portland.
Tuck O’Brien, the ward clerk at Portland's Merrill Auditorium polling place, directs those already registered to vote inside to a shorter line.
PORTLAND, ME - NOVEMBER 5: August Watson of South Portland, Abigail Miller of Gorham and Eliot Wertheimer of South Portland check their phones for results during the Democrats watch party at Aura Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer)
Cate McCusker, a reporter for WMTW Channel 8, stands on a chair while delivering a live hit alongside other TV reporters at Hollywood Casino Hotel in Bangor for an election watch party for Austin Theriault, the Republican candidate for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
Austin Theriault, the Republican candidate for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, takes the stage at Hollywood Casino Hotel in Bangor to say he was “cautiously optimistic” about the incoming election results in the hotly contested race against Democratic incumbent Rep. Jared Golden.
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