2 candidates are tracked for Maine House District 74 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Russell J. Black and Marc Edwards. Candidate information follows official Franklin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Russell J. Black (R), Marc Edwards (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine House District 74. The Maine Legislature's member directory lists no sitting member among the certified candidates for this seat. Party nominees were chosen at the June 9, 2026 primary, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.
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Russell J. Black is the sitting Republican state senator for Senate District 5, which covers Wilton and surrounding Franklin County towns, and previously served in the Maine House before his Senate service, per the Maine Legislature. He is term-limited out of the Senate in 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
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Per the campaign site.
Marc Edwards is a semi-retired assistant carpenter who has lived in Strong for nearly 20 years with his wife, Michaela, per his campaign site. He spent much of his career in parks and natural resources work, including as a park ranger at Acadia National Park and a naturalist at Baxter State Park, and received the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Commissioner's Print award for research on brook trout anglers, per his campaign site.
Who is running for Maine House District 74 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Maine House District 74 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Russell J. Black and Marc Edwards. Candidate information follows official Franklin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Maine House District 74 election in Maine?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Maine are on the Maine election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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