Gun talk continues to shape Maine Democrats’ race to replace LePage
It’s not policy that Janet Mills and Adam Cote disagree on, it’s the past.
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Maine election officials are still scrambling to unravel ranked-choice voting
The Maine secretary of state’s office is readying a set of rules to govern the system as candidates fret about tabulation delays.
Tuesday offered a glimmer of hope for solar energy fans on a dark day for other bills
But the solar bill still may need to survive Gov. Paul LePage’s veto pen, which has other bills in a tight spot.
Maine political parties keep raking in cash, but LePage’s PAC folds
Democrats have out-raised Republicans so far ahead of the 2018 legislative races, but don’t read too much into the numbers yet.
Shawn Moody looks to ride outside lane in GOP primary to replace LePage
Moody is the only Augusta outsider so far among Republicans’ 2018 gubernatorial field, but he has a lot to prove to primary voters in his new party.
A Maine polling outfit shares a look at what could happen on Election Day
Three of Maine’s four statewide ballot questions look like they’re leading in a new poll, but referendums have a way of tightening.
Why Maine will likely vote again on ranked-choice elections
The Legislature passed a bill on Monday that could kill the voter-approved system, but supporters are planning a people’s veto effort.
Republicans send reinforcements for LePage’s campaign against Medicaid expansion
Good morning from Augusta, where a group of Republicans is expected to express concern about the wording of Maine’s 2017 Medicaid expansion referendum on Tuesday, showing that it’s not going to go unanswered in the public domain. Former Maine Republican Party Chairman Rick Bennett, Rep. Heather Sirocki, R-Scarborough, and other elected officials will be headlining […]
Why won’t Poliquin say he went to a meeting with Donald Trump?
Good morning from Portland, but political eyes are further south of Maine to Washington, D.C., where Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump met with his party’s members of Congress on Thursday. Those meetings were a bit uncomfortable, according to The Washington Post. With senators, Trump had confrontations with Jeff Flake of Arizona and Ben Sasse of Nebraska, both of whom […]
Will other big-name Republicans join LePage at Trump’s Bangor rally?
Good morning from Augusta, where reporters and Gov. Paul LePage have something in common: We’re all preparing for Donald Trump’s Wednesday rally in Bangor. Maine’s Republican governor was one of the first major office-holding endorsers of the billionaire who is now the party’s presumptive nominee, so it’s only natural that LePage would be there, as […]
