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Races · house · 2022 · Maine
PrimariesThis seat also has primary-season views:Republican primary
house · open seat

Chellie Pingree vs Ed Thelander

Safe DD +25.7 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
99% Pingree (D)
1% Thelander (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin D +25.7 · 80% CI D+13.7 → D+37.7
Actual result D+25.9 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Likely D · model 99% D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+11) suggests Likely D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+25.7 with an 80% CI ranging from D+13.7 (10th pctile) to D+37.7 (90th pctile), giving D a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +25.7
80% CI: D +13.7D +37.7 · win prob 99%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultD+25.9
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
DChellie Pingree0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
REd Thelander0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2022-11-28
Chellie PingreeH8ME01120 ↗
Receipts
$576.6K
Disburse
$619.0K
Cash on hand
$404.3K
Debts
$20.0K
No industry data.
PALOMA PARTNERS ADVISORS LP$5.8K
MCARTHURGLEN GROUP$5.8K
TUSK HOLDINGS$5.8K
TAWANI ENTERPRISES INC.$4.0K
PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE - INDIAN TOWNSHIP$2.9K
Ed ThelanderOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$454.1K
Disburse
$445.2K
Cash on hand
$8.8K
Debts
$10.0K
No industry data.
DERMALOGIX PARTNERS, LLC$5.8K
CENTRAL MAINE MOTORS$5.0K
AQUABOGGAN$3.4K
AZCO$3.1K
WINDWARD STRATEGIES$2.9K

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$83.6
D side
$83.6 · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA…
For / against split
For Pingree $83.6
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUNDD$55.9267%for Chellie Pingree
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIOND$1012%for Chellie Pingree
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTESD$911%for Chellie Pingree
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESD$8.6810%for Chellie Pingree

Editorial ratings · 6 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D6
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Oct 4
DDHQ
Safe D
Jul 19
The Economist
Safe D
Sep 27
538
Safe D
Jun 29
Inside Elections
Safe D
Oct 10
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
Oct 4

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 11, 2026Safe Dmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2022-11-28
Endorsementsnothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks