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Friday, December 20, 2024
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Special election set to fill House District 24 seat

 

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows signed the proclamation announcing a special election for the Maine House District 24 seat will be held Tuesday, February 25th, 2025.

This House seat was previously held by State Representative Joseph C. Perry, who resigned having been elected State Treasurer on December 4th, 2024.

House District 24 is comprised of the municipalities of Bangor (partially), Brewer (partially), Orono (partially) and Veazie.

Maine’s political parties will now caucus to choose candidates for the seat. Candidate nominations are due to the Office of the Secretary of State by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 10th, 2025.

Non-party candidates must circulate petitions and obtain the signatures of at least 50, but not more than 80, registered voters in House District 24. The deadline to submit the petitions to the Secretary of State is by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 10th, 2025, after first having the signatures certified by the Municipal Clerks. Write-in candidates must declare their candidacy by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Non-party petition forms and write-in candidate declaration forms may be obtained by contacting the Elections Division of the Secretary of State at 207-624-7650.

The candidate who is elected by the voters in House District 24 at the February 25th, 2025, special election will serve the remainder of the two-year term in the Maine House.

A copy of the proclamation is provided here.

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