Maine is one of a handful of states that use Ranked Choice Voting, where voters rank in order of preference who they would like to see win. In this case, when the bottom candidates were eliminated, their votes were reallocated to their second and third choices until a remaining candidate received over 50 percent.

A Republican lawmaker in Maine accused of choking his wife last month won re-election by a single vote after a Thursday recount.

Republican Maine state Rep. Lucas Lanigan, who is facing a charge of domestic violence aggravated assault, won a recount by one vote.