FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Special election set to fill House District 45 seat

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows signed the proclamation today announcing a special election for the Maine House District 45 seat will be held Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

This House seat was previously held by State Representative Clint Collamore, who resigned recently.

House District 45 is comprised of the towns of Bremen, Friendship, Waldoboro and Washington, as well as the unorganized township of Louds Island.

Maine’s political parties will now caucus to choose candidates for the seat. Candidate nominations are due to the Office of the Secretary of State by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2023.

Non-party candidates must circulate petitions and obtain the signatures of at least 50, but not more than 80, registered voters in House District 45. The deadline to submit the petitions to the Secretary of State is by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 31 after first having the signatures certified by the appropriate town offices. Write-in candidates must declare their candidacy by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 2023. Non-party petition forms and write-in candidate declaration forms may be obtained by contacting the Elections Division of the Secretary of State at 207-624-7650.

The candidate who is elected by the voters in House District 45 at the June 13, 2023 special election will serve the remainder of the two-year term in the Maine House.

A copy of the proclamation is here.

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