Hannah Pingree
Hannah PingreeCandidate for Governor of Maine (2026)
Hannah Pingree is a former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives who directed the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future under Governor Janet Mills from 2019 until May 2025. She is the Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine in 2026, winning the June 9 primary after ranked-choice tabulation, and faces Republican Bobby Charles on November 3.
Biography
Hannah Pingree was born in Belfast, Maine, and raised on the island of North Haven. In 2002, at age 26, she was elected to the Maine House of Representatives, where she served four terms, and in 2008 she became Speaker of the House. After leaving the Legislature she ran a small business and a local housing organization and chaired her local school board. In 2019 Governor Janet Mills appointed her director of the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, where she worked on issues including climate change and affordable housing for more than six years before stepping down in May 2025. She announced her campaign for governor on June 10, 2025. In the June 9, 2026 Democratic primary no candidate reached a majority, and after ranked-choice tabulation announced June 19 she won the nomination over Nirav Shah, Shenna Bellows, Troy Jackson and Angus King III. She faces Republican nominee Bobby Charles in the November 3 general election. Her mother, Chellie Pingree, represents Maine's 1st Congressional District.
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