In Gorham, 6,100 voters made it to the polls on Election Day, while 2,909 voted absentee. Nearly 600 residents registered to vote at the polls bringing the total number of registered voters up to 14,352 on November 6. Voter turnout was 63% for this election.
Below is the breakdown for Gorham. The asterisk denotes the overall winner. For more detailed voting information by ward, please visit https://www.gorham-me.org.
| Teresa Hayes (I) | 390 |
| *Janet Mills (D) | 4039 |
| Shawn Moody (R) | 4424 |
US Senate
| Eric Brakey (R) | 2969 |
| *Angus King (I) | 4530 |
| Zak Ringelstein (D) | 981 |
US House, Congressional District 1
| Martin Grohman (I) | 858 |
| Mark Holbrook (R) | 3126 |
| *Chellie Pingree (D) | 4826 |
State Senator District 30
| *Linda Sanborn (D) | 4770 |
| Amy Volk (R) | 4040 |
Representative to Legislature District 26
| *Maureen Terry (D) | 3296 |
Representative to Legislature District 27
| Roger Densmore III (R) | 1774 |
| *Andrew McLean (D) | 3258 |
Judge of Probate
| *Paul Aranson | 6802 |
Sheriff
| *Kevin Joyce | 7063 |
District Attorney District 2
| Randall Bates | 3000 |
| Jon Gale | 3368 |
| *Jonathan Sahrbeck | 1867 |
Bates and Gale dropped out of the race prior to Election Day.
Town Council (3 year term)
| Claude F. Daigle III | 3389 |
| *Lee Pratt | 3754 |
| *Virginia Wilder Cross | 4029 |
School Board (3 year term)
| *Anne Schools | 5726 |
| *Darryl Wright | 4673 |
Local Referendum Question:
Do you favor a plan for the Gorham School Department to join the Greater Sebago Education Alliance Regional Service Center through an inter-local agreement that will allow the School Department to receive additional revenue through the state funding formula and to more efficiently procure goods and services?
| *Yes | 6491 |
| No | 1663 |
State Referendum Questions:
Question 1:
Do you want to create the Universal Home Care Program to provide home-based assistance to people with disabilities and senior citizens, regardless of income, funded by a new 3.8% tax on individuals and families with Maine wage and adjusted gross income above the amount subject to Social Security taxes, which is $128,400 in 2018?
| Yes | 2786 |
| *No | 6057 |
Question 2:
Do you favor a $30,000,000 bond issue to improve water quality, support the planning and construction of wastewater treatment facilities and assist homeowners whose homes are served by substandard or malfunctioning wastewater treatment systems?
| *Yes | 4739 |
| No | 4040 |
Question 3:
Do you favor a $106,000,000 bond issue, including $101,000,000 for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities and equipment related to ports, piers, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds, and $5,000,000 for the upgrade of municipal culverts at stream crossings?
| *Yes | 5936 |
| No | 2841 |
Question 4:
Do you favor a $49,000,000 bond issue to be matched by at least $49,000,000 in private and public funds to modernize and improve the facilities and infrastructure of Maine’s public universities in order to expand workforce development capacity and to attract and retain students to strengthen Maine’s economy and future workforce?
| *Yes | 4811 |
| No | 3944 |
Question 5:
Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue to improve educational programs by upgrading facilities at all 7 of Maine’s community colleges in order to provide Maine people with access to high-skill, low-cost technical and career education?
| *Yes | 5832 |
| No | 2983 |