School budget passes validation; Democrats choose Carney as candidate for State House

Cape Elizabeth voters approved of the $25.4 million school budget adopted by the Town Council for fiscal 2019, and Democrats chose Anne Carney as their candidate for State House in District 30 in elections June 12, 2018.

The school budget validation passed with 2,219 "Yes" votes and 1,483 "No." In a non-binding advisory question, 1,685 voters indicated they believed the budget was too high; 1,453 said it was acceptable and 478 said it was too low.

Carney garnered 1,387 votes compared to Lynch's 774 in the Democratic primary for state representative for District 30, which includes most of Cape Elizabeth.

In the state's first-ever ranked choice vote, Democrats in Cape Elizabeth favored Adam Cote as their first choice for the gubernatorial nomination, 927 votes; followed by Janet Mills, who had 699 first-choice votes in Cape Elizabeth. First choice for the Republican gubernatorial nod in Cape Elizabeth was Shawn Moody, with 480 votes, followed by Mary Mayhew, 204 votes.

Voters in Cape Elizabeth also turned out in support of ranked-choice voting, with 2,417 voting "Yes" and 1,312 voting "No" in Cape Elizabeth on the state referendum question

Here are the unofficial Cape Elizabeth results as of 4:21 a.m. June 13:

School Budget Validation Referendum [notice of amounts] (Ballots cast - 3,784)

Do you favor approving the Town of Cape Elizabeth school budget for the upcoming school year that was adopted at the latest school budget meeting of the Town Council?

YES ... 2,219
NO .... 1,483

(Blank Ballots - 82)

The following is a non-binding expression of opinion for the consideration of the School Board and Town Council.

I find the school budget adopted at the May 14, 2018 Town Council’s school budget meeting to be:

TOO HIGH .............. 1,685
ACCEPTABLE ....... 1,453
TOO LOW .............. 478

(Blank Ballots - 168)

The following are unofficial results from Cape Elizabeth only:

Ballot Question on June 12, 2018 Referendum Ballot (Ballots cast - 3,785)

Question 1:  Do you want to reject the parts of a new law that would delay the use of ranked-choice voting in the election of candidates for any state or federal office until 2022, and then retain the method only if the constitution is amended by December 1, 2021, to allow ranked-choice voting for candidates in state elections?

YES .... 2,417
NO ..... 1,312

(Blank Ballots - 56)

Democratic Primary (Ballots cast - 2,363)

United States Senator (vote for 1)

  • Ringelstein, Zak .... 1,477
    Yarmouth
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 886)

Representative to Congress
District 1

  • Pingree, Chellie ... 2,145
    North Haven
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 218)

State Senator
District 29 (vote for 1)

  • Millett, Rebecca J. ... 2,052
    Cape Elizabeth
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 311)

Representative to the Legislature
(District 30 only)

  • Carney, Anne M. ... 1,387
    Cape Elizabeth
  • Lynch, Mary Ann ... 774
    Cape Elizabeth
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 101)

Representative to the Legislature
(District 32 only)

  • Kessler, Christopher J. ... 41
    South Portland
  • Rottkov, Richard ... 42
    South Portland
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 18)

Judge of Probate
Cumberland County (vote for 1)

  • Aranson, Paul ... 612
    Scarborough
  • Kahill, Charles ... 648
    South Portland
  • Segal, Rubin G. ... 366
    Portland
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 737)

Sheriff
Cumberland County (vote for 1)

  • Joyce, Kevin Jay ... 1,689
    Standish
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 674)

District Attorney
District 2 (vote for 1)

  • Gale, Jon C. ... 754
    Portland
  • Levy, N. Seth ... 545
    Portland
  • Tarpinian, Frayla ... 458
    Windham
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 606)

County Commissioner
District 4 (vote for 1)

  • Coward, Thomas S. ... 1549
    South Portland
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 814)

Governor (Rank) - Votes are number of 1st-choice votes

  • Cote, Adam Roland ... 927
    Sanford
  • Dion, Donna J. ... 16
    Biddeford
  • Dion, Mark N. ... 77
    Portland
  • Eves, Mark W. ... 197
    North Berwick
  • Mills, Janet T. ... 699
    Farmington
  • Russell, Diane Marie ... 48
    Portland
  • Sweet, Elizabeth A. ... 290
    Hallowell
  • Write-in - Vachon, J. Martin (Declared Write-in) ... 0

(Blank Ballots - 109)

Republican Primary (Ballots cast - 867)

United States Senator (vote for 1)

  • Brakey, Eric L. ... 466
    Auburn
  • Linn, Max Patrick
    Bar Harbor
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 401)

Representative to Congress
District 1

  • Holbrook, Mark I. ... 679
    Brunswick
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 188)

State Senator
District 29 (vote for 1)

  • Van Syckel, George Willard ... 680
    South Portland
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 187)

Representative to the Legislature
(District 30 only)

  • Rich, Charles Peter ... 674
    Cape Elizabeth
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 153)

Representative to the Legislature
(District 32 only)

  • Walter, Tammy B. ... 39
    Cape Elizabeth
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 1)

District Attorney
District 2 (vote for 1)

  • Bates, Randall J. ... 630
    Yarmouth
  • Write-in

(Blank Ballots - 237)

Governor (Rank) - Votes are number of 1st-choice votes

  • Fredette, Kenneth Wade ... 42
    Newport
  • Mason, Garrett Paul ... 88
    Lisbon
  • Mayhew, Mary C. ... 204
    China
  • Moody, Shawn H. ... 480
    Gorham
  • Write-in
(Blank Ballots - 53)

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