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This page lists all of the recall elections in Maine covered by Ballotpedia. If you are aware of a recall that should be included, please email us.

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## 2025

* Cherie Faulkner and Heather Lander recall, Maine School Administrative District 63, Maine (2025)
* Denis Morse and Kaela Gonzalez recall, Raymond, Maine (2025)
* Rene Ouellet recall, Freedom, Maine (2025)
* Julie Giles recall, Limerick, Maine (2025)
* Fern Larochelle and Jeremy Barnard recall, Lisbon, Maine (2025)
* Kathleen Landry recall, Hartford, Maine (2025)
* Alisha Ames and Judy Saunders recall, Maine School Administrative District 46, Maine (2025)
* Heather Donahue recall, Freedom, Maine (2025)

## 2024

* Kirstin Shapiro recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2024)
* Michael Gordon recall, Madison, Maine (2024)
* Donald Banker recall, Milo, Maine (2024)
* Joe Caputo recall, Pittston, Maine (2023-2024)

## 2023

* Joe Caputo recall, Pittston, Maine (2023-2024)
* Rena Newell recall, Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation, Maine (2023)
* Ryan McQueen recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2023)
* Glen Mantor recall, Madison, Maine (2023)
* Julia Lester and Sarah Otterson recall, Maine School Administrative District 17, Maine (2022-2023)

## 2022

* Julia Lester and Sarah Otterson recall, Maine School Administrative District 17, Maine (2022-2023)
* Select board recall, Medway, Maine (2022)
* Art LeBlanc and Tim Stentiford recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2021-2022)

## 2021

* Art LeBlanc and Tim Stentiford recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2021-2022)
* Bruce Haffner and Elinor Goldberg recall, Hope, Maine (2020-2021)
* John Hiatt recall, Bangor School Department, Maine (2021)
* Maine School Administrative District 51 recall, Maine (2021)
* Alan Minthorn recall, Saco, Maine (2021)
* George Colby recall, New Gloucester, Maine (2021)

## 2020

* Bruce Haffner and Elinor Goldberg recall, Hope, Maine (2020-2021)

## 2019

* City council recall, Mechanic Falls, Maine (2019)
* Beverly St. Clair recall, Thomaston, Maine (2019)
* Select board recall, Freedom, Maine (2019)
* Select board recall, Orrington, Maine (2019)
* Select board recall, Ogunquit, Maine (2019)

## 2018

* Mayor and city council recall, Waterville, Maine (2018)
* Scarborough School Department recall, Maine (2018)
* Dick Bachelder recall, York School Department, Maine (2018)

## 2017

* Vera Francis recall, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Maine (2017)
* John Ezzy recall, Frenchville, Maine (2017)

## 2016

* Tim Lachapelle recall, Litchfield, Maine (2016)
* Wendy Henderson and John Witherell recall, Peru, Maine (2016)
* Janet Jamison and Mike Risica recall, Paris, Maine (2016)

## 2015

* Joan Brooks recall, Eddington, Maine (2015)
* Richard Mason, Jr. and Beverly Caparco recall, Denmark, Maine (2015)

## 2013

* Bath City Council recall, Maine (2013)
* Board of Selectmen recall, Poland, Maine (2013)
* Auburn School Committee recall, Maine (2013)
* Old Orchard Beach Town Council recall, Maine (2013)

## 2012

* Jim Ramsey, Joe Chambers, and Marcia Elton recall, Berwick, Maine (2012)

## 2011

* Michael Bowie recall, Lisbon, Maine (2011)

## 2010

* Recall of Lewiston City Council, Maine (2010)
* Anthony Cogliandro recall, Acton, Maine (2010)
* Bangor City Council recall, Maine, 2010

## 2009

* Susan Merrow recall (2009)

## 1996

* James Grattelo recall, Biddeford, Maine (1996)

## Approved

* Denis Morse and Kaela Gonzalez recall, Raymond, Maine (2025)
* Kathleen Landry recall, Hartford, Maine (2025)
* Alisha Ames and Judy Saunders recall, Maine School Administrative District 46, Maine (2025)
* Heather Donahue recall, Freedom, Maine (2025)
* Michael Gordon recall, Madison, Maine (2024)
* Rena Newell recall, Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation, Maine (2023)
* Glen Mantor recall, Madison, Maine (2023)
* Julia Lester and Sarah Otterson recall, Maine School Administrative District 17, Maine (2022-2023)
* Select board recall, Medway, Maine (2022)
* Scarborough School Department recall, Maine (2018)
* Vera Francis recall, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Maine (2017)
* Tim Lachapelle recall, Litchfield, Maine (2016)
* Board of Selectmen recall, Poland, Maine (2013)
* Old Orchard Beach Town Council recall, Maine (2013)
* Jim Ramsey, Joe Chambers, and Marcia Elton recall, Berwick, Maine (2012)
* Anthony Cogliandro recall, Acton, Maine (2010)

## Defeated

* Denis Morse and Kaela Gonzalez recall, Raymond, Maine (2025)
* Rene Ouellet recall, Freedom, Maine (2025)
* James Grattelo recall, Biddeford, Maine (1996)
* Joe Caputo recall, Pittston, Maine (2023-2024)
* Select board recall, Medway, Maine (2022)
* Art LeBlanc and Tim Stentiford recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2021-2022)
* Bruce Haffner and Elinor Goldberg recall, Hope, Maine (2020-2021)
* City council recall, Mechanic Falls, Maine (2019)
* Select board recall, Freedom, Maine (2019)
* Select board recall, Ogunquit, Maine (2019)
* Mayor and city council recall, Waterville, Maine (2018)
* Dick Bachelder recall, York School Department, Maine (2018)
* Wendy Henderson and John Witherell recall, Peru, Maine (2016)
* Joan Brooks recall, Eddington, Maine (2015)
* Richard Mason, Jr. and Beverly Caparco recall, Denmark, Maine (2015)
* Old Orchard Beach Town Council recall, Maine (2013)
* Michael Bowie recall, Lisbon, Maine (2011)
* Susan Merrow recall (2009)

## Multiple outcomes

* Denis Morse and Kaela Gonzalez recall, Raymond, Maine (2025)
* Fern Larochelle and Jeremy Barnard recall, Lisbon, Maine (2025)
* Julia Lester and Sarah Otterson recall, Maine School Administrative District 17, Maine (2022-2023)
* Select board recall, Medway, Maine (2022)
* Art LeBlanc and Tim Stentiford recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2021-2022)
* Mayor and city council recall, Waterville, Maine (2018)
* Old Orchard Beach Town Council recall, Maine (2013)

## Resigned

* Cherie Faulkner and Heather Lander recall, Maine School Administrative District 63, Maine (2025)
* Fern Larochelle and Jeremy Barnard recall, Lisbon, Maine (2025)
* Kirstin Shapiro recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2024)
* Donald Banker recall, Milo, Maine (2024)
* Ryan McQueen recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2023)
* Julia Lester and Sarah Otterson recall, Maine School Administrative District 17, Maine (2022-2023)
* Alan Minthorn recall, Saco, Maine (2021)
* George Colby recall, New Gloucester, Maine (2021)
* Beverly St. Clair recall, Thomaston, Maine (2019)
* John Ezzy recall, Frenchville, Maine (2017)

## Did not go to a vote

* Julie Giles recall, Limerick, Maine (2025)
* Fern Larochelle and Jeremy Barnard recall, Lisbon, Maine (2025)
* Art LeBlanc and Tim Stentiford recall, Regional School Unit 21, Maine (2021-2022)
* John Hiatt recall, Bangor School Department, Maine (2021)
* Maine School Administrative District 51 recall, Maine (2021)
* Select board recall, Orrington, Maine (2019)
* Mayor and city council recall, Waterville, Maine (2018)
* Janet Jamison and Mike Risica recall, Paris, Maine (2016)
* Bath City Council recall, Maine (2013)
* Auburn School Committee recall, Maine (2013)
* Recall of Lewiston City Council, Maine (2010)
* Bangor City Council recall, Maine, 2010

## See also[edit]

* Recall overview
* Political recall efforts
* Laws governing recall in Maine
* Maine elections, 2026

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