FRANKLIN COUNTY – Super Tuesday, March 5, was the Presidential Primary election, and voters also weighed in on some local ballots. All of the results for the primary and local ballots will be reported here.
A local ballot question for Kingfield – to see if voters would favor the contract zoning application submitted by Workforce Housing Coalition Western Maine Mountains (WHCWMM) – failed, with 129 in favor and 263 opposed, with one blank. The total number of votes cast on this ballot question were 393. Kingfield has an estimated 960 residents, per the 2020 census; based on these figures, approximately 40% of the Kingfield population voted on this question.
In Weld, residents voted on municipal officials for the upcoming year, in advance of the town’s annual meeting on Saturday. Dina Walker was elected to another term on the select board with 119 votes, against 48 write-in votes for B. David Rackliffe. Carol Conant was elected for a five year term on the planning board with 156 votes, and both Laureen Pratt and Rebecca Scott were elected to the budget committee with 157 and 149 votes, respectively.
Carrabassett Valley residents also voted on municipal officials Tuesday, and those results were reported Wednesday afternoon. With two open seats for select board, Karen Campbell was re-elected with 157 votes. Raleigh Ehrlenbach had the second highest number of votes with a total of 96 votes, followed by Sasha Lennon with 79 votes. Ehrlenbach was elected to the board and will fill the vacancy left by John Beaupre. Diane Griffin and Karl Strand were both elected to the Sanitary District board with 153 and 150, respectively, while Danielle London was elected to the school board with 173 votes. These positions are all for three year terms.
This was the first year Maine has held a semi-open primary, in which unenrolled voters could choose either a Democrat primary or Republican primary ballot without enrolling in that party.
Democrat Primary results:
Biden, Joseph R., Jr – 1,150
Phillips, Dean B. – 113
Republican Primary results:
Binkley, Ryan L. – 7
DeSantis, Ron – 30
Haley, Nikki R. – 793
Ramaswamy, Vivek G. – 11
Trump, Donald J. – 2,057
These numbers are preliminary results for Franklin County and neighboring communities. Avon, Carrabassett Valley, Carthage, Chesterville, Coplin Plantation, Dallas Plantation, Eustis, Farmington, Industry, Jay, Kingfield, New Vineyard, New Sharon, Phillips, Rangeley Plantation, Rangeley, Sandy River Plantation, Strong, Temple, Weld, and Wilton have reported results as of 12 p.m. on Thursday.
