AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican Gov. Paul LePage has displayed a pretty good sense of humor at times this year. He showed it during the State of the State address last month when he turned at one point during his speech to ask House Minority Leader Emily Cain of Orono, “How’s my tone?” The day before, […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Democrats are giddy over Tuesday’s special election in Senate District 20 that saw Democrat Chris Johnson upset Republican Dana Dow. Party Chairman Ben Grant said the message from the election was clear and it had little to do with Johnson or Dow. “Paul LePage’s agenda is wrong for Maine, and Republican […]
Democrat wins Lincoln County Senate seat| AUGUSTA, Maine — Democrat Chris Johnson of Somerville won a special election Tuesday over Republican Dana Dow of Waldoboro to fill a vacant seat in the state Senate. With all but two of the 22 towns that make up District 20 reporting, Johnson had 3191 votes, or 54 percent, […]
Prior to the Maine Republican Party’s announcement Saturday that Mitt Romney narrowly won the state’s presidential preference poll, Sen. Susan Collins addressed the audience on why she believes it’s important to support whoever wins the GOP nomination. “We must not be the first generation to pass along to the next generation an America that is less […]
Voters in most Lincoln County communities (and those in a few in Knox County and Kennebec County towns) will go to the polls on Tuesday, Feb. 14 for a special election between Democrat Chris Johnson and Republican Dana Dow, both of whom are vying for the Maine Senate District 20 seat. District 20 is made […]
With nine months still to go before the November election, the National Republican Congressional Committee already has begun aggressively targeting U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine. Michaud, a five-term congressman from East Millinocket, is set to run against Republican Kevin Raye of Perry, the current Maine Senate president. The race is a rematch from 10 years […]
From the Governor’s office today: AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage on Tuesday proclaimed the month of February to be Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Members of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, Family Violence Project and other violence awareness advocates joined the Governor at the State House as he signed the proclamation […]
Brent Littlefield, a senior adviser to Gov. Paul LePage, recently was honored with a Reed Award by “Campaigns & Elections Magazine” for a political campaign he worked on in New York in 2011.The awards were announced at a reception last Friday in Washington, D.C. “My job is to assist candidates, elected officials, and organizations communicate […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin has filed a response to the Maine Ethics Commission disputing charges that he failed to disclose his business dealings while running for and accepting his current position. In the response, Poliquin said he fully complied with “the letter and spirit of the income disclosure requirements and that my […]
A group of 11 Maine House members has endorsed Ron Paul ahead of the state’s Republican presidential caucuses, which will be held across Maine this weekend. Reps. Larry Dunphy of Embden, Jeff Gifford of Lincoln, Ryan Harmon of Palermo, Lance Harvell of Farmington, Dave Johnson of Eddington, Michael McClellan of Raymond, Beth O’Connor of Berwick, […]
