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04856

Who is on the ballot in 04856?

Knox County, ME

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

5 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
Governor1U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Local2
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U.S. House, Maine District 1
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Chellie Pingree portrait
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Chellie Pingree
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Chellie Pingree represents Maine's 1st Congressional District. She is an organic farmer and small business owner on North Haven Island who previously served as a school board member and local tax assessor before her election to the Maine State Senate in 1991, per her congressional office. In Congress she serves on the House Agriculture Committee and is founder and chair of the Slow Fashion Caucus, per the same source.
Top Priorities
  • Lowering prescription drug costs, protecting reproductive freedom, and strengthening Social Security and Medicare
  • Supporting livable wages for working families
  • Addressing climate change by expanding clean energy jobs
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
RC
Ronald C. Russell
REP
Biography
Ronald C. Russell is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine's 1st Congressional District as the Republican nominee, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Ronald C. Russell grew up in Fort Fairfield and spent 30 years in the U.S. Army before founding a defense-contracting business, per Maine Public's 2026 candidate-profile reporting. No campaign website was found as of September 17, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Chellie Pingree (D), Ronald C. Russell (R) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine's 1st Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.
U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Susan Collins portrait
SC
Susan Collins
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Susan Collins is Maine's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee for re-election in 2026. First elected in 1996, she is running on seniority, bipartisan dealmaking, federal funding for Maine, defense and shipbuilding, health care, small business, and her long record as a moderate Republican senator.
Top Priorities
  • Use Senate seniority to deliver federal funding for Maine
  • Support defense, shipbuilding, health care, and small businesses
  • Emphasize bipartisan work and moderate Republican leadership
Key voting record
Voted to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. Supported
Voted to convict Donald Trump after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Supported
Voted against the Democratic climate, health-care, and tax package. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
Troy Jackson portrait
TJ
Troy Jackson
DEM
Biography
Troy Jackson is the new Democratic nominee for Maine's 2026 U.S. Senate race, chosen at a special July 25 nominating convention after Graham Platner suspended his campaign and withdrew from the ballot, per the Maine Democratic Party and NPR reporting. A fifth-generation logger from Allagash and president of the Maine Senate from 2018 to 2024, Jackson challenges Senator Susan Collins in November on working-family costs, health care, and rural Maine.
Top Priorities
  • Lower costs for working families and rural Maine
  • Health care and prescription drug affordability
  • Take on corporate power and protect reproductive freedom
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Rick Bennett
Biography
Rick Bennett is an independent candidate for Maine governor and a Maine state senator representing District 18, per the Maine Morning Star. A former president of the Maine Senate, he left the Republican Party in 2025 to run for governor as an independent, per the Maine Morning Star.
Top Priorities
  • Lowering the cost of living for Maine families
  • Building strong public schools
  • Reforming state government
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Hannah Pingree
DEM
Biography
Hannah Pingree is the Democratic nominee for Maine governor in 2026, a former speaker of the Maine House and former director of the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future. Her campaign emphasizes affordability, housing, climate resilience, health care, child care, workforce development, and continuing Democratic executive leadership after Janet Mills.
Top Priorities
  • Address affordability, housing, and child care
  • Support climate resilience and Maine's coastal economy
  • Use legislative and executive-policy experience to manage state government
Campaign siteFull profile
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BC
Bobby Charles
REP
Biography
Bobby Charles is the Republican nominee for Maine governor in 2026, a lawyer, author, and former U.S. assistant secretary of state under President George W. Bush. His campaign emphasizes public safety, lower taxes, energy costs, education, state management, and a Republican change message after eight years of Democratic control.
Top Priorities
  • Lower taxes, costs, and regulatory burdens
  • Strengthen public safety and state management
  • Promote energy affordability and education accountability
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in Knox County

ZIP 04856 sits in Knox County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Knox County races (15).

Knox County Judge of Probate
1 candidate
County ▾
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Carol R. Emery
REP
Biography
Carol R. Emery is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Knox County Judge of Probate, per the Maine Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Candidate List - FINAL (posted July 27, 2026). No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Carol R. Emery is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Maine Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Candidate List - FINAL (posted July 27, 2026).
Knox County Sheriff
2 candidates
County ▾
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Albert F. Joy
Biography
Albert F. Joy is a Hope, Maine resident and owner of Dirigo Driving Academy, which he and his wife started in 2019, per Bangor Daily News. He previously worked as a police officer and detective in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is running for Knox County sheriff as an independent candidate, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
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Patrick W. Polky
DEM
Biography
Patrick W. Polky is the sitting Sheriff of Knox County, having been appointed by Governor Mills to the position, per the Knox County official website. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
2 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Knox County Sheriff, per the Maine Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Candidate List - FINAL (posted July 27, 2026).
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