Former Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, has won the race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, the Associated Press projected Thursday after the state completed its ranked-choice tabulation. Mr. LePage defeated Democrat Matt Dunlap.

The Maine Secretary of State’s Office finished the tabulation on Thursday and announced the results in a livestream, WMTW reported. When blank ballots were set aside in the first round, Mr. LePage held 50.63 percent of the vote. After second-choice votes were allocated, he finished with 50.81 percent.

The race went to a ranked-choice count because no candidate won more than half of the first-choice ballots on Election Day. Results the secretary of state’s office announced on Nov. 5 showed Mr. LePage in first place with 49.894 percent.

The tabulation took three days at the Maine Department of Public Safety headquarters in Augusta. It was open to the public and was streamed on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The secretary of state’s office said the results remain unofficial until the official tabulation is delivered to the governor.

Mr. LePage has spent the week in Washington for new-member orientation. On Thursday, he joined other newly elected members for a group photograph on the steps of the Capitol, according to the Associated Press.

The result moves the seat into Republican hands. The Associated Press described it as the only seat in the country that went from Democratic to Republican without the help of redistricting. President Trump carried the district by 9 points in 2024, according to the AP.

Covering more than 27,000 square miles, Maine’s 2nd District is the largest congressional district by area east of the Mississippi River.