Knox County Commissioner District 1
Current planOne of Knox County’s three commissioner districts under the current plan (2021, with the 2024 update). It takes in 4 places.
Voter Registration
Active voters, Secretary of State file of March 7, 2026Current enrollment
Registration history
Recent General Election Results
Referendums
YesNoKnox County Commissioner District 1’s vote. Click a question for the statewide comparison.How Knox County Commissioner District 1 Compares
Presidential margin vs. Maine
Democratic minus Republican share of the candidate vote. The gap between the lines shows how differently Knox County Commissioner District 1 votes from the state.
Turnout in general elections
Ballots cast divided by active registered voters on election day. List maintenance shrinks the denominator in some years (for example 2022), which pushes the rate up.
Who Lives Here
American Community Survey 2020–2024Knox County Commissioner District 1 at a Glance
Knox County Commissioner District 1 is one of Knox County’s three commissioner districts under the current plan (2021, with the 2024 update). Its population was 13,780 in the 2020 Census.
It takes in 4 cities, towns and plantations: Rockland, Thomaston, Saint George, and South Thomaston.
In the 2024 presidential race, Kamala Harris carried the district with 61.2% to 36.7% for Donald Trump. That was a Democratic margin of 24.5 points, against a Democratic margin of 6.9 points statewide. In the 2022 governor’s race, Janet Mills carried the district with 64.8% to 33.6% for Paul LePage. In the 2024 U.S. Senate race, Angus King (Unenrolled) carried the district with 58.4% to 27.5% for Demi Kouzounas. On the Partisan Electoral Alignment Index (Partisan EAI), it ranks as the 7th most Democratic of 60 county commissioner districts.
As of March 7, 2026, Knox County Commissioner District 1 had 9,400 active registered voters: 41% Democrats, 23.9% Republicans, 32.1% unenrolled, and 2.5% Green Independents.
Below the summary figures, this page has election results back to 1868, voter registration since 1956, referendum votes, turnout, and Census and American Community Survey figures. Sources are listed at the foot of the page and on the Data Sources page.