Outcome of Maine Election Different Under Ranked Choice Voting

This is the voting system that the Montgomery County Delegation wants to use in Montgomery County.

...Under Maine's system, voters rank their preferred candidates to allow for an "instant runoff" by counting second-choice votes from people who supported last-placed candidates, repeating the process until a candidate secures victory with more than 50 percent of the vote. The system is used for federal elections, but not for state legislative or gubernatorial races, after being approved by Maine voters in a recent ballot initiative.

Poliquin led Golden, 46.4 percent to 45.5 percent, in first-place votes. But Golden, a Marine veteran and state representative, prevailed after the ranked-choice votes were tabulated...

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/15/jared-golden-maine-election-993293