Who is on the ballot in 04650?

Dunlap was born and raised on a farm near Bar Harbor and is the Maine State Auditor, per the campaign site. Dunlap is a University of Maine graduate, a former executive director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine and a founding board member of the Maine Youth Fish and Game Association, per the campaign site.

Paul R. LePage is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maine's 2nd Congressional District as the Republican nominee, per the Maine Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Paul R. LePage is a former Maine governor and former Lewiston mayor, per his campaign site.

Susan Collins is Maine's sitting U.S. senator, per the campaign site. Her parents, Don and Patricia, both served as mayor of her hometown of Caribou, per the campaign site. The campaign site says she is Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the first Maine senator in nearly 100 years to hold that post, and the author of the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program.

Troy Jackson is the 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. He is a fifth-generation logger from Allagash, a longtime union member and a former Maine Senate president, per the campaign site.

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.

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.

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.

Monica L. Cease is an Ellsworth, Maine resident who was hired as Hancock County's appointed finance director, per Bangor Daily News. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Matthew J. Foster is an attorney and former Hancock County district attorney, per Bangor Daily News. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Brian Thomas is a Lamoine, Maine attorney who has practiced law since 2016, following an earlier career as an archeologist, per Bangor Daily News. He served as an elected state representative in the Georgia General Assembly from 2005 to 2013 before moving to Maine in 2013 and joining a trusts and estates law practice in Lamoine, per the same source. He is running as a Democratic write-in candidate for Hancock County probate judge, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Julie A. Curtis is the sitting Register of Deeds for Hancock County, serving a term that runs from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2026, per the Hancock County official website. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Corey L. Bagley works as a detective with the Ellsworth Police Department, per Bangor Daily News. He previously served as Hancock County chief deputy under Sheriff Scott Kane, and before that worked for the Hancock County Sheriff's Department starting in the 1990s as a patrol deputy, later serving as a lieutenant and as an agent and supervisor with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Dakota D. Dupuis is a lieutenant with the Hancock County Sheriff's Department, promoted to that rank in February 2024, per Bangor Daily News. He began his law enforcement career as a patrol officer for the town of Orono, later serving four years as a patrol deputy with the Hancock County Sheriff's Department and two years with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.