Waldo County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for County Commissioner,, County Register of Deeds and County Sheriff and more, and where they stand on taxes, jobs and the environment.
County offices
Commissioner, District 1Breanna Pinkham Bebb (Democrat) · Alphonzo Thomas Wagner III (Republican)
Breanna Pinkham Bebb (Democrat) and Alphonzo Thomas Wagner III (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Waldo County Commissioner, District 1.
Breanna Pinkham Bebb
Breanna Pinkham Bebb was appointed by Gov. Janet Mills to the Waldo County Commission's District 1 seat in February 2026, filling the vacancy left by the death of longtime Commissioner Betty Johnson, per the Bangor Daily News. Bebb serves on the county's budget committee and chairs the Northport Select Board, per the Bangor Daily News. Bebb is running for a full four-year term in November, per the Bangor Daily News. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Alphonzo Thomas Wagner III
Alphonzo Thomas Wagner III is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Waldo County Commissioner, District 1, 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.
2 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Waldo County Commissioner, District 1, per the Maine Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Candidate List - FINAL (posted July 27, 2026).
Full race pageRegister of DeedsStacy L. Grant (Democrat)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Stacy L. Grant
Stacy L. Grant serves as the Register of Deeds for Waldo County, per the Waldo County Democratic Committee's list of elected officials. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Stacy L. Grant 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).
Full race pageSheriffJason W. Trundy (Democrat)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Jason W. Trundy
Jason W. Trundy is the sitting Sheriff of Waldo County, elected in 2023, per the Maine Sheriffs Association. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Jason W. Trundy 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).
Full race pageDistrict Attorney, Prosecutorial District 6Natasha Irving (Democrat)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Natasha Irving
Natasha Irving is the District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 6, covering Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Waldo counties, per the Sagadahoc County government website. Irving has focused the office on restorative justice practices, directing resources toward serious offenses while seeking diversion and rehabilitation for lower-level offenses, per the Lincoln County News. Irving has also prioritized prosecuting serious cases of domestic violence, including nonfatal strangulation, per the Lincoln County News. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Natasha Irving is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 6 (also covering Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties), per the Maine Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Candidate List - FINAL (posted July 27, 2026).
Full race pageBy address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Waldo County is split across 7 Maine House districts.
Find your districts by addressMaine House: 7 districtsDistricts 37, 38, 39, 40, 62, 63, 68
Maine House District 37Alan Lee Orcutt (Democrat) · Reagan L. Paul (Republican)
Alan Lee Orcutt
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Supports cutting wasteful government spending and tax relief for working Mainers
- Supports small businesses, healthcare access, and Maine's working waterfronts
About Alan Lee Orcutt
Alan Orcutt, of Searsport, is the Democratic candidate for Maine House District 37. Orcutt put himself through the University of Maine and built a 30 year career in Maine's forest products and building materials industries, including serving as a chief executive of a company with hundreds of employees, per the campaign site.
Reagan L. Paul
Reagan Paul represents Winterport and the surrounding towns in the Maine House, per the Maine House of Representatives member profile. Paul is self employed, per the same profile. Paul sits on the Elections and Energy, Utilities and Technology Committees, per the Maine House of Representatives member profile. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Alan Lee Orcutt (D), Reagan L. Paul (R) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine House District 37. Reagan L. Paul is the sitting member, per the Maine Legislature's own member directory. Party nominees were chosen at the June 9, 2026 primary, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.
Full race pageMaine House District 38Benjamin C. Hymes (Republican) · Kayla M.T. Miller (Democrat)
Benjamin C. Hymes
Benjamin Hymes represents Waldo and the surrounding towns in the Maine House, per the Maine House of Representatives member profile. Hymes is a small business owner and served twenty years on active duty in the United States Navy, per the same profile. Hymes sits on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, per the Maine House of Representatives member profile. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Kayla M.T. Miller
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Strengthening local communities
- Affordable housing and cost of living
- Economic fairness and working families
About Kayla M.T. Miller
Miller has worked in the community's education and libraries and now serves families through church and ministry training, per the campaign site. Miller grew up in Maine and lives in Swanville, per the campaign site.
Benjamin C. Hymes (R), Kayla M.T. Miller (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine House District 38. Benjamin C. Hymes is the sitting member, per the Maine Legislature's own member directory. Party nominees were chosen at the June 9, 2026 primary, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.
Full race pageMaine House District 39Madison Crissey Cook (Democrat) · Michael J. Nicholson (Republican)
Madison Crissey Cook
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Capping property taxes
- Creating jobs and building homes
- Training for the trades
About Madison Crissey Cook
Madison Cook is a Belfast native who teaches architecture part time at the University of Maine at Augusta, per her campaign site. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from Tulane University and previously taught at Virginia Tech, and she serves on the Waldo County Tech Center Cooperative Board, per her campaign site. District 39's current representative, Janice Dodge, does not appear on the 2026 candidate list, per the Maine House of Representatives.
Michael J. Nicholson
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Reducing property taxes for families and seniors
- Fiscal responsibility, spending only what the state has
- Auditing government spending to expose fraud and mismanagement
About Michael J. Nicholson
Nicholson is a certified real estate appraiser who serves as president of Lighthouse Appraisal 195, LLC, and also runs MJN Contracting Maine as a general contractor employing local tradespeople, per the campaign site. He moved to Maine from a Cleveland, Ohio suburb in 2016 and serves on the Belfast Board of Assessment Review, per the campaign site.
Madison Crissey Cook (D), Michael J. Nicholson (R) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine House District 39. 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.
Full race pageMaine House District 40Joseph M. McLaughlin (Republican) · D. Michael Ray (Democrat)
Joseph M. McLaughlin
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Lower energy costs for Maine families
- Tax relief for working families
- Support for local jobs and small business
About Joseph M. McLaughlin
McLaughlin is a lifelong Mainer with a career in small business, per the campaign site.
D. Michael Ray
D. Michael Ray is the incumbent state representative for House District 40, an Ohio native who settled in Lincolnville and served two decades on town boards including the select board, planning board and Conservation Commission before his 2024 election, per the Maine House of Representatives and The Maine Monitor. He previously worked as a Registered Maine Guide leading kayaking expeditions and with the Mid Coast Council of Governments, and now serves on the House Transportation Committee, per those sources. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Joseph M. McLaughlin (R), D. Michael Ray (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine House District 40. D. Michael Ray is the sitting member, per the Maine Legislature's own member directory. Party nominees were chosen at the June 9, 2026 primary, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.
Full race pageMaine House District 62Katrina J. Smith (Republican) · Pamela Jo Swift (Democrat)
Katrina J. Smith
Katrina Smith represents Maine House District 62, covering China, Palermo, Somerville and Windsor, and has served in the 131st and 132nd Legislatures, per her official Maine House member profile. Smith sits on the Ethics Committee, the Joint Select Committee on Joint Rules, and the Rules and Business of the House Committee, per the same profile. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Pamela Jo Swift
Pamela Swift is a retired OB-GYN physician who was formerly part owner of the Candlewood Center for Women's Health in Connecticut, completing her residency in 1992 and retiring from practice in 2007, per the Lincoln County News. She holds a bachelor's degree in animal science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and an M.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, per the same source. Swift is in her third term on the Palermo Select Board and co-founded Glass Horse Farm in Palermo in 2011, where she raises sheep, chickens and pigs, per the Lincoln County News. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Katrina J. Smith (R), Pamela Jo Swift (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine House District 62. Katrina J. Smith is the sitting member, per the Maine Legislature's own member directory. Party nominees were chosen at the June 9, 2026 primary, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.
Full race pageMaine House District 63Paul R. Flynn (Republican) · Taylor Marie West (Democrat)
Paul R. Flynn
Paul Flynn represents Maine House District 63, covering Albion, Freedom, Unity Township and part of Winslow, and has served in the 132nd Legislature, per his official Maine House member profile. Flynn serves as a selectman in Albion and is a pastor, and is a member of the Freedom Community Historical Society and Freedom Congregational Church, per the same profile. He sits on the Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, per his official profile. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Taylor Marie West
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Address the cost of living crisis, including rising property taxes and heating, housing and childcare expenses
- Integrate behavioral health professionals into local police precincts to help stabilize community members in crisis
- Implement preventative climate preparedness measures, including strengthened utility infrastructure
About Taylor Marie West
Taylor West served ten years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force, including work on NATO mission documentation, communication network development in Africa, and crisis management in Emergency Operations Centers, per her campaign website. She is pursuing a master's degree in Emergency Management and Homeland Security and is a resident of House District 63, per the same source.
Paul R. Flynn (R), Taylor Marie West (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine House District 63. Paul R. Flynn is the sitting member, per the Maine Legislature's own member directory. Party nominees were chosen at the June 9, 2026 primary, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.
Full race pageMaine House District 68Amanda Noelle Collamore (Republican) · Zachary S. Lejonhud (Unenrolled)
Amanda Noelle Collamore
Amanda Noelle Collamore of Pittsfield works as the TIDC Education and Outreach Manager at the University of Maine, per the Maine House of Representatives member profile. She serves as Ranking Member of the Ethics committee and the Housing and Economic Development committee, per the same source. She is the Republican incumbent seeking reelection to Maine House District 68 in 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Zachary S. Lejonhud
Zachary S. Lejonhud is an electrician and member of IBEW Local 1253 who moved to Pittsfield from Hebron, per Maine AFL-CIO. He is a graduate of the Maine AFL-CIO Worker Candidate Training program, per the same source. He is running as an unenrolled candidate for Maine House District 68 in 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Amanda Noelle Collamore (R), Zachary S. Lejonhud (Unenrolled) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine House District 68. Amanda Noelle Collamore is the sitting member, per the Maine Legislature's own member directory. Party nominees were chosen at the June 9, 2026 primary, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.
Full race pageMaine Senate District 11Glenn Chip Curry (Democrat) · Ryan C. Otis (Republican)
Glenn Chip Curry
Glenn Chip Curry, of Belfast, is the Democratic state senator for Maine Senate District 11, per Maine Senate Democrats. He previously taught at Unity College and spent over a decade working with the Governor's Children's Cabinet on reducing child poverty, and now chairs the Senate's Housing and Economic Development Committee, per Maine Senate Democrats. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Ryan C. Otis
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Wants to lower energy costs and reduce taxes
- Wants fairer education funding so rural students get needed resources
- Wants to reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses
About Ryan C. Otis
Ryan C. Otis, of Belfast, is a Republican candidate for Maine Senate District 11, per his campaign site. He owns Rollie's Bar & Grill and Rollie's Remote Catering, serves on the RSU 71 School Board, and has led the Belfast Lions Club, per his campaign site.
Glenn Chip Curry (D), Ryan C. Otis (R) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine Senate District 11. Glenn Chip Curry is the sitting member, per the Maine Legislature's own member directory. 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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Who is on the ballot in Waldo County, Maine on November 3, 2026?
Waldo County sample ballot 2026: see where the county commissioner, register of deeds and county sheriff candidates stand on taxes, jobs and the environment. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
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Candidate roster last updated Oct 24, 2026 from official election sources.