(The Center Square) — Maine's crowded gubernatorial primaries will be decided by ranked choice voting after none of the candidates picked up a majority of the vote in Tuesday's elections. 

In the Democratic primary, Nirav Shah, a physician and former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, was ahead with 26.7% as of 10 p.m. Tuesday night when the Associated Press determined that the race would go to a run-off to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. Janet Mills. About 43% of the votes had been counted. 

Christen is a regional editor for The Center Square and co-host of Pennsylvania in Focus, a weekly podcast on America's Talking Network. Find her work in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Broad + Liberty, RealClear, and the Washington Examiner. 

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