Knox County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Grohoski worked in her father's small electrical business as a licensed helper electrician, and is a cartographer and Geographic Information Systems specialist and a certified home energy efficiency auditor, per the campaign site. Grohoski is a Wilderness First Responder and former volunteer firefighter, and the site says she has served two terms in the Maine Senate and two terms in the House, per the campaign site.

Hewes works as a health care worker in Surgical Services at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, and is a bookkeeper and small business owner, per the campaign site. Hewes is a former middle and high school teacher and is running for Maine Senate District 7 in Hancock County, per the campaign site.

Kalloch is a Rockland City Councilor, a former Mayor and a small business owner, and graduated from Maine Maritime Academy with a degree in International Business & Logistics, per the campaign site. Kalloch has worked in manufacturing, government contracting and her family's excavation business, per the campaign site.

Eaton is a local small business owner who was born and raised in the district and has worked on the water as a sternman, per the campaign site. Eaton's listed experience includes service on the Deer Isle-Stonington School Board and the Deer Isle Appeals Board, membership on the Memorial Ambulance Corps Board and founding the Island Pride Committee, per the campaign site. The site presents Eaton as the sitting State Representative for District 15 who is running for re-election, per the campaign site.

McLaughlin is a lifelong Mainer with a career in small business, per the campaign site.

Gerritsen grew up in Camden, studied Environmental Studies, worked as a photographer in New York and returned to Maine to farm, per the campaign site. Gerritsen served six years on the Lincolnville Select Board, six years on the Waldo County Budget Committee (three as chair) and chaired the Lincolnville Broadband Committee, and started a filmmaking business, per the campaign site.

Raymond is a Rockport resident who has built his life on Maine's midcoast raising a family and working, per the campaign site. He previously ran for the seat in 2024, per the campaign site.

Christopher Paul Austin is president and owner of Ardiah, a payroll and payment-solutions company, and previously worked in banking and financial services, per his campaign site. A Spruce Head resident, he is a four-term president of the Rock Coast Entrepreneurs and an active member of the PenBay Collaboration, per his campaign site.

Rhiannon Corey Hampson co-owns Grace Pond Farm, an organic dairy and pastured-livestock farm in Thomaston, per her campaign site. She has worked as a school cafeteria worker, a case manager for adults with disabilities, a congressional staff member for Rep. Chellie Pingree, and was appointed USDA Rural Development State Director for Maine in December 2021, per her campaign site.

Shawn Saindon works in marketing and sales at Union Farm Equipment in Union and previously worked in the seafood industry and on farms, per his campaign site. A Warren resident with a business degree from Southern Maine Community College, he has served more than eight years on the Warren Planning Board and is running as an independent for the seat held by Rep. Bill Pluecker, who is barred from seeking another consecutive term under Maine's term-limit law after four consecutive terms, per his campaign site and the Maine House of Representatives.

Ray A. Thombs Jr. is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran who grew up in Windsor and Chelsea and later led teams in Maine manufacturing and equipment businesses, per his campaign site. He and his wife, Tracey, raised four children, per his campaign site.

Stephens has worked in the medical field in midcoast Maine since 1990 and now serves as the district-wide physical therapist for RSU 40, per the campaign site. Stephens has served as a school board member and chair and as a Waldoboro Select Board member, per the campaign site.