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2016 Maine U.S. House District 2 Election

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Who won the 2016 Maine U.S. House District 2 Election?

Bruce Poliquin won the 2016 Maine U.S. House District 2 Election. Bruce Poliquin received 192,878 popular votes (52.86%). The main challenger was Emily Ann Cain (43.6%).

See the full head-to-head between Poliquin and Cain

Poliquin +9.3 pts · won by 33,797 votes
Bruce PoliquinRepublicanWINNER52.86%
192,878 votes
Emily Ann CainDemocratic43.6%
159,081 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.