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Elections

Published
September 7, 2018

State Senate candidate under fire for social media posts called racist, homophobic

Republican Rich Donaldson of Georgetown, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Eloise Vitelli, shared images and jokes that mocked Mexicans, gays and prominent Democrats in 2016.
Published
September 7, 2018

Dollars from donors: PAC fundraising data for the 2018 election

Friday was a filing date for Maine's political action committees and party committees to report their donations and expenditures.
Published
September 7, 2018

Democratic super PAC spends almost $500,000 to back Janet Mills for governor

The nationally funded group uses a new social media tactic to build an audience with clickbait content.
Published
September 6, 2018

Gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron begins statewide campaign road trip

The independent says he plans to visit every city and town in Maine before Election Day.
Published
September 6, 2018

Mills makes leadership change in gubernatorial campaign

With two months left until Election Day, Democrat Janet Mills replaces campaign manager Michael Ambler with veteran political operative Jeremy Kennedy.

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Published
September 5, 2018

Survey shows older Maine voters evenly split between Mills and Moody for governor

An AARP Maine poll of 804 voters older than 50 also indicates Sen. Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree have big leads among those voters, and Rep. Bruce Poliquin is in a tight race against a Democratic challenger.
Published
August 29, 2018

Trump: Democrats ‘will overturn everything’ if Republicans lose majorities

The president reminds a group of evangelical Christians at a White House dinner what's at stake this fall.
Published
August 22, 2018

Gubernatorial candidates oppose letting non-citizens vote

The four top contenders for the Blaine House agree that immigrants should become citizens before they are given the right to vote, even if only in municipal elections.
Published
August 6, 2018

Maine gubernatorial candidates offer plans to address predicted stagnant job growth

Alan Caron, Terry Hayes, Janet Mills and Shawn Moody each believe they know how to remedy the flat job growth that the Department of Labor expects through 2026.
Published
July 16, 2018

Council schedules hearing for plan to let non-citizens vote in Portland elections

The proposal, which would require a citywide vote to amend the City Charter, is on the agenda for discussion Aug. 13.