Jared Golden has won the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin for the seat representing Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.

Golden, a member of the Maine House, finished with 54 percent of the vote. Golden had finished well ahead of the two other candidates based on incomplete results available on election night, June 12. But, because the primary is a ranked-choice election, the winner must get more than 50 percent of the votes before the race is officially over. The ranked-choice results were announced Wednesday.

Golden’s 49 percent on election night was just shy of the 50 percent needed to avoid a ranked-choice tabulation. Lucas St. Clair, of Hampden, ended with 46 percent of the vote. Also running was Craig Olson, of Isleboro.

The Maine Secretary of State’s Office has spent the past week collecting, processing and certifying ballots and vote counts from towns and cities across the state.

Under the ranked-choice system, voters select candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the first count, the candidate with the fewest first-choice votes is eliminated. Voters who preferred the eliminated candidate would then have their ballots added to the totals of their second-ranked candidates, and the ballots would be retabulated. The process continues until one candidate has a majority and is declared the winner.