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Published
March 2, 2012

Raye to stay in 2nd District race against Michaud

Republican Kevin Raye says he is still running for Congress against U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, who occupies the state’s 2nd District seat.
Published
March 1, 2012

Under pressure, Michaud skips race for Senate

A national group fears Democrats could lose his 2nd District seat if he runs to replace Olympia Snowe, sources say, amid another busy day of political positioning.
Published
March 1, 2012

Snowe: Birthday led to reflection, ‘very tough decision’

WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe says she didn’t make up her mind not to seek re-election until Tuesday, the day she made her shocking announcement. “It was back and forth in my head,” Snowe said in a phone interview Wednesday night. “I didn’t make the final decision until literally yesterday.” After months of activity gearing […]
Published
February 29, 2012

Snowe decision rocks political landscape

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, who has represented Maine in Congress since 1978, says she no longer wants to serve in an increasingly partisan Senate and won’t run for re-election.
Published
February 28, 2012

Obama visit to include exclusive dinner at Portland art museum

It will cost up to $30,000 to attend when he visits in March, and a second fundraiser also is planned.
Published
February 28, 2012

LePage skips meeting with President Obama

The governor says he wanted to get back to state business Monday.
Published
February 26, 2012

LePage has no plans to meet with Sebelius

The governor says there is no point in discussing federal waivers until lawmakers make deeper cuts to MaineCare.
Published
February 26, 2012

Collins, Snowe rank as least conservative GOP senators

Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine are the two least conservative Republican senators, according to 2011 vote ratings released Friday by the nonpartisan National Journal.
Published
February 25, 2012

LePage doesn’t want any current candidates to get GOP nomination

Gov. LePage says the current Republican presidential candidates aren’t have “injured the party,” and he hopes the party chooses an unknown, “dark-horse” candidate at the national convention in August.
Published
February 23, 2012

Snowe opponent leaves GOP, plans to run as independent

WASHINGTON – Citing the Maine Republican Party’s highly criticized handling of its presidential straw poll this month, Andrew Ian Dodge has dropped out of the party to campaign for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Olympia Snowe. That leaves Scott D’Amboise of Lisbon Falls as Snowe’s sole GOP primary challenger. D’Amboise and Dodge are aligned with […]

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