To the Members of the Democratic, Green Independent, Libertarian and Republican Committees of Lewiston Residing in Representative District 94.

GREETINGS:

WHEREAS, by the October 31, 2025, resignation of Kristen Cloutier of Lewiston, in the County of Androscoggin, a member of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred and Thirty-second Legislature in District 94, a vacancy has thus been created; and

WHEREAS, Title 21-A of the Maine Revised Statutes, Section 382 provides that if a vacancy occurs in the office of Representative to the Legislature, and the municipal officers of any affected municipality inform the Governor that there is a need to fill the vacancy before the next general election, the Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring the vacancy and ordering a special election, and

WHEREAS, the municipal officers of Lewiston notified the Governor on November 20, 2025, of a need to fill the vacancy;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JANET T. MILLS, Governor of the State of Maine, do hereby order the appropriate members of the Democratic, Green Independent, Libertarian and Republican Committees addressed above to meet to nominate their candidates for Representative to the Legislature in District 94, to be voted on at the Special Election to be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

A Certificate of Nomination for each candidate for District 94, required pursuant to Title 21-A of the Maine Revised Statutes, Section 363, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State on or before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. The Declaration of Write-in Candidacy of any write-in candidate shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State on or before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.

The members of the above-named political committees are hereby directed to comply fully in the conduct of the meeting and the making of the certificate with all of the provisions of law relating to the proposal of candidates for election as provided in Title 21-A of the Maine Revised Statutes.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the Great Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed given under my hand at Augusta this first day of December in the year Two Thousand and Twenty-five.