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This panel of May 5, 2012, file photos, made at the state Republican convention in Augusta, Maine, shows Republican candidates Patrick Calder, left, and Jon Courtney, right, vying for their party's nomination Tuesday, June 12, 2012 to challenge Democratic Robert F. Bukaty, File, Associated Press
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This panel of May 5, 2012, file photos, made at the state Republican convention in Augusta, Maine, shows Republican candidates Kevin Raye, left, and Blaine Richardson, right, vying for their party's nomination Tuesday, June 12, 2012 to challenge Democrati Robert F. Bukaty, File, Associated Press
By Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's 1st District U.S. House Republican primary race is still too close to call, but Kevin Raye easily walked off with a win in the 2nd District GOP race.

In southern Maine's 1st District, unofficial results with 90 percent of precincts reporting showed political newcomer Patrick Calder of Portland and Jon Courtney, a state Senate leader from Springvale, neck-and-neck and the outcome too close to call.

Courtney on Wednesday morning was leading by just over 200 votes.

Courtney's campaign was awaiting tallies from towns it hoped would put Courtney ahead.

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Calder, a merchant mariner who has never held office, says he expected to do better than everyone else thought he'd do.

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