Eliot Cutler

Eliot Raphael Cutler (born July 29, 1946) is an American former lawyer, political candidate, and sex offender. He was twice an Independent candidate in Maine's 2010 and 2014 gubernatorial races. In 2010, he placed second in a multi-way race, receiving 208,270 votes, equaling 35.9%, narrowly losing to Republican Paul LePage. In 2014 he garnered only 8.4%, placing third behind both Democratic candidate Mike Michaud as well as LePage, who was re-elected with 48.2% of the vote. Cutler had previously served in the Carter Administration as part of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

In May 2023, Cutler pled guilty to four counts of possessing child pornography, after being arrested in March 2022. He was released in 2024 on good conduct time, after serving seven months. Since September of 2025, Cutler has thrice been arrested for probation violations.