Governor Mills is still on the ballot for the June 9th Democratic primary and she has not conceded to nor endorsed any of her opponents (she has endorsed Hannah Pingree to replace her a Governor) nor has she filled out the required paperwork to officially withdraw from the race. She has stated that tho she ran out of funding (after passing the millionaires' tax) she's still got a lot of fight left in her.
She has ranked up a very impressive tally of achievements for the Pine Tree State.
1. Governor Mills-led Maine was ranked 2nd best in the nation for quality of life in 2025 by CNBC.
2. This year Maine is ranked the 3rd best state for women by Wallethub.
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3. Maine was ranked the 2nd best state to retire to last year.
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4. The Times of India says Maine is ranked the safest state.
6. Portland, Maine is ranked the best city in New England to start a career in.
7. Under Governor Mills leadership, Maine has the lowest car insurance premiums in the nation.
8. Maine had the highest housing appreciation in the nation from 2020 through 2024.
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9. Governor Mills' leadership helped give Maine the 2nd best Covid response domain ranking during the epidemic, with the 4th best Covid vaccination rate in the nation in 2022.
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10. Maine's chronically stagnant population boomed 3.8 % since Janet Mills became Governor.
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11. Governor Mills was the first Maine governor to achieve 55% State K-12 education funding to lower local property taxes.
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12. The Baldacci family and Governor Mills got Maine's minimum wage tied to inflation.
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13. Governor Mills got funding for $315 million to boost home production and curb the state's housing shortage.
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14. Governor Mills made deep inroads into tackling homelessness with her Housing First initiative and emergency housing funding.
15. When she was Maine's Attorney General, she won the VW emissions scandal lawsuit (Hitler created VW) which funded Maine's tax rebates for Mainers buying EV cars through Efficiency Maine.
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16. Maine's Rainy Day Fund is growing.
17. Governor Mills implemented free community college for Maine.
18. Governor Mills' Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan created 42,000 job opportunities in Maine, producing in Maine 51 months of below 4% unemployment.
19. Gov Mills used $70 million from the Rainy Day Fund to grow her American Dream Affordability Agenda to finance the construction of 825 new homes in Maine.
20. Governor Mills used $43 million for Mainers to install high efficiency heat pump water heaters.
21. Governor Mills vetoed the data center moratorium that would have blocked towns that wanted data centers because people in other towns didn't want them and their massive additions to the towns' tax bases.
22. March 26th, 2026:
'In a matchup between Mills and Collins, 46% support Mills, 43% Collins, 8% someone else, and 3% are undecided.'
23. Governor Mills uses $272 million for high speed broadband internet infrastructure for undeserved areas of Maine.
24. Governor Mills was elected co chair of the 25 state members Governors' Climate Alliance.
https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-elected-co-chair-us-climate-alliance-bipartisan-coalition-governors-leading
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