Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows , right, addresses attorneys and campaign staffers as election workers scan ballots for ranked choice voting, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp)
Attorneys and observers review a printout from a voting machine to ensure the numbers match with the reported results as the state conducts additional tabulations under ranked choice voting in a congressional race, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp)
Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows addresses a livestream as election workers scan ballots, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Augusta Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp)
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows addresses attorneys and campaign staffers as election workers scan ballots for ranked choice voting, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp)
Attorneys and observers review a printout from a voting machine to ensure the numbers match with the reported results as the state conducts additional tabulations under ranked choice voting in a congressional race, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp)
Detectives Dustin Tierney and David Silk, right, of the Department of the Secretary of State carry ballot boxes into the tabulation room on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 in Augusta, Maine. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via AP)
FILE - Republican congressional candidate Austin Theriault, right speaks with Carlos Kennelly, left, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 outside the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)
FILE - Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, fields a question from the media Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 6, 2024, during a press conference at his campaign office in Lewiston, Maine. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP, File)
Detectives of the Department of the Secretary of State move ballot boxes into the tabulation room on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024 in Augusta, Maine. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via AP)