Dale John Crafts
Last held office: Maine House of Representatives, District 56 (2014–2016). Ran in 7 elections between 1998 and 2020, winning 5. Won the 2026 race for Maine House District 97.
- Last margin
- −6.1
- Lost 2020
- Elections
- 8
- 1998–2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Crafts was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Crafts has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Crafts won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Raised | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Maine House of Representatives, District 97 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | $700 | R+11.0 | |
| 2020 | U.S. House, ME-2 | General | Lost | Jared F. Golden (D) | 46.9% | D+6.1 | $1.3M | — | |
| 2014 | Maine House of Representatives, District 56 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | Maine House of Representatives, District 56 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | Maine House of Representatives, District 104 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | Maine House of Representatives, District 104 | General | Won | Janice Comber (D) | 69% | R+38.0 | — | — | |
| 2008 | Maine House of Representatives, District 104 | General | Won | Deborah L. Danuski (D) | 62.7% | R+25.3 | — | — | |
| 1998 | Maine House of Representatives, District 84 | General | Lost | Nancy L. Chizmar (D) | 44.1% | D+11.8 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Campaign money, 2025–26
- Raised
- $700
- Spent
- $618
Source: Maine Ethics Commission filings through Sep 22, 2026Updated Oct 31, 2026, 10:42 PM ET
Campaign committees
Open committees can still raise and spend money.
| Crafts, Dale John State | Active |
Source: Maine Ethics Commission filings through Sep 22, 2026Updated Oct 31, 2026, 10:42 PM ET
Seats Crafts has held
- Maine House of Representatives, District 56 · 2014–2016
- Maine House of Representatives, District 104 · 2008–2014
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Crafts has run against
- Jared F. Golden (D) · 2020 election, lost
- Janice Comber (D) · 2010 election, won
- Deborah L. Danuski (D) · 2008 election, won
- Nancy L. Chizmar (D) · 1998 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
In the polls
Included in 11 polls; Crafts’s best result was 44% (Maine's 2nd District, 2020).
Crafts’s polls in the database →How we know Crafts
One person, matched across every source we use.
- FEC H0ME02083
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FEC