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Eleanor Espling

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Maine House of Representatives District 65

Years in office: 2010 - 2018

Successor:Amy Arata (R)

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 6, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

University of Southern Maine

Contact

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Eleanor Espling (Republican Party) was a member of theMaine House of Representatives, representingDistrict 65. Espling assumed office in 2010. Espling left office on December 4, 2018.

Espling (Republican Party) ran for election to theMaine State Senate to representDistrict 20. Espling lost in the general election onNovember 6, 2018.

Espling is a former Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 65 from 2010 to 2018. Espling served as assistant minority floor leader from 2014 to 2018. Espling was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Maine House of Representatives because of term limits.

Biography

Espling attended the University of Southern Maine, where she graduated with an associate degree in business administration. Espling is a member of theMaine House of Representatives and was elected in April 2016 to serve a four-year term as the national committeewoman for theRepublican Party of Maine.^[1][2] Espling and her husband, Steve, have four children.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Espling, as Assistant Minority Leader, did not serve on a committee.

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Espling served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Espling served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2018

See also:Maine State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maine State Senate District 20

Ned Claxton defeatedEleanor Espling in the general election for Maine State Senate District 20 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ned Claxton (D)	50.7	8,993
		Eleanor Espling (R)	49.3	8,758

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maine State Senate District 20

Ned Claxton advanced from the Democratic primary for Maine State Senate District 20 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ned Claxton	100.0	2,587

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maine State Senate District 20

Eleanor Espling advanced from the Republican primary for Maine State Senate District 20 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eleanor Espling	100.0	2,255

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2016

See also:Maine House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theMaine House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016.^[3]

IncumbentEleanor Espling defeatedElijah Breton in the Maine House of Representatives District 65 general election.^[4]

Maine House of Representatives, District 65 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Eleanor EsplingIncumbent	54.91%	2,795
	Democratic	Elijah Breton	45.09%	2,295
Total Votes				5,090
Source:Maine Secretary of State

Elijah Breton ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 65 Democratic primary.^[5][6]

Maine House of Representatives, District 65 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Elijah Breton (unopposed)

IncumbentEleanor Espling ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 65 Republican primary.^[5][6]

Maine House of Representatives, District 65 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Eleanor EsplingIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Maine House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theMaine House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the primary election was April 28, 2014, and the deadline for non-party candidates to run in the general election was June 2, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014.Mark Stevens was unopposed in the Democratic primary. District 105 incumbentEleanor Espling was unopposed in the Republican primary. Espling defeated Stevens in the general election.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Maine House of Representatives District 65, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Eleanor EsplingIncumbent	56.7%	2,465
	Democratic	Rosa Van Wie	39.2%	1,701
	None	Blank Votes	4.1%	178
Total Votes				4,344

2012

See also:Maine House of Representatives elections, 2012

Espling won re-election in the2012 election forMaine House of Representatives District 105. Espling ran unopposed in the June 12 Republican primary and defeatedNichole Stevens (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[11][12]

Maine House of Representatives, District 105, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Eleanor EsplingIncumbent	59.9%	3,321
	Democratic	Nichole Stevens	40.1%	2,223
Total Votes				5,544

2010

See also:Maine House of Representatives elections, 2010

Espling's opponent in the November 2 general election was Democratic incumbentDavid Van Wie. According to official results, Espling defeated Van Wie in the November 2 general election.^[13]

Maine House of Representatives General Election, District 105 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Eleanor Espling (R)		2,624	55%
David Van Wie (D)		2,020	42%[14]

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, theMaine State Legislature was in session from January 3 to May 2. The legislature held a special session from June 19 to September 13.

• Maine AFL-CIO

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• Maine League of Conservation Voters

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.

• Maine Right to Life:Senate andHouse

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund:Senate andHouse

Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2016 Republican National Convention

See also:Republican National Convention, 2016

Espling wasa delegate to the2016 Republican National Convention fromMaine.^[15] InMaine’s caucuses on March 5, 2016,Ted Cruz won 12 delegates,Donald Trump won nine, andJohn Kasich won two. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Espling was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Maine’s Republican delegates were allocated, please emaileditor@ballotpedia.org.^[16]

Delegate rules

See also:RNC delegate guidelines from Maine, 2016 andRepublican delegates from Maine, 2016

Delegates from Maine to theRepublican National Convention were elected at the state convention in April 2016. Maine GOP bylaws stipulated that delegates were to be bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention. If a candidate withdrew prior to the convention, his or her delegates were to become unbound.

Maine caucus results

See also:Presidential election in Maine, 2016

Maine Republican Caucus, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Ted Cruz	45.9%	8,550	12
Donald Trump	32.6%	6,070	9
John Kasich	12.2%	2,270	2
Marco Rubio	8%	1,492	0
Ben Carson	0.7%	132	0
Rand Paul	0.3%	55	0
Other	0.3%	58	0
Totals		18,627	23
Source:The New York Times

Delegate allocation

See also:2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

Maine was expected to have 23 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, six were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's two congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10% of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's district delegates.^[17][18]

Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 10% of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.^[17][18]

See also

• State legislative elections, 2018
• Maine State Senate elections, 2018
• Maine State Senate
• Maine State Legislature
• Maine House of Representatives
• House Committees
• Joint Committees
• Maine state legislative districts
• Republican Party of Maine

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• Campaign contributions:2012,2010
• Republican Party of Maine

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