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State Senate District 35

November 3, 2026 general election

People
40,654
Median household income
$103,198 ▲ Maine 74,733
Median home value
$518,700 ▲ Maine 296,600
Median age
47 ▲ Maine 44.8

State Senate District 35 (2024); Maine: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

CandidateRaised to dateClean ElectionTheir ownSpent
Julie Rakic R
Kittery · Clean Election
$36,648$35,653—$1,758
Michele Meyer D
Eliot · State Representative, District 150 · Clean Election
$95,746$92,746$100$44,511

Raised to date: each campaign's total since it began (2025 included), from the Ethics Commission's list of registered candidates as of October 17, 2026; where a campaign isn't on it, its itemized 2026 contributions (files as posted October 17, 2026). Spent: likewise, to date. Clean Election: public funding paid this year. Their own: contributions and loans from the candidate. Every figure can be checked on the Commission's search.

Earlier this year

June 9 primary, Democratic

CandidateVotesShare
Michele Meyerwon · ELIOT6,00976%
Deane Rykerson · KITTERY1,89924%

June 9 primary, Republican

CandidateVotesShare
Julie N Rakicwon · KITTERY2,523100%

From the Secretary of State's returns (votes added up over the towns; ranked-choice contests from the RCV summary report, round by round). Blank ballots aren't counted in the shares.

Outside spending

$1,292 spent by outside groups for or against this race's candidates (independent expenditures, reported to the Ethics Commission). The candidates don't control it.

AgainstCandidateFor
$1,292
SpenderFor / againstAmount
Common Sense for Maine
2026-09-28 – 2026-10-09 · 2 expenditures
for Julie Nicole Rakic$1,292

An expenditure that names several candidates is split as the spender reported it.