AUGUSTA — A group that hopes to legalize marijuana in Maine delivered petition signatures to the state Monday as opponents hectored the group’s organizers. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol says it delivered 103,000 signatures in its quest to make Maine the first state in the East to legalize pot for recreational use. More […]
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Video: Joe Biden will not run for president
Here is a transcript of Vice President Joseph Biden’s remarks: BIDEN: Please, please, sit down. Mr. President, thank you for lending me the Rose Garden for a minute. OBAMA: It’s a pretty nice place. BIDEN: As the family and I have worked through the — the grieving process, I’ve said all along what I’ve said […]
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Jim Webb ends bid for Democratic presidential nomination
Former Virginia senator Jim Webb announced Tuesday afternoon that he would no longer pursue the Democratic presidential nomination. “More people in this country call themselves political independents than Republicans or Democrats. I happen to agree with them,” Webb told reporters at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. “… I am withdrawing […]
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Ranked choice voting advocates deliver signatures for 2016 ballot
AUGUSTA — A group of advocates of ranked choice voting has submitted signatures needed to put the proposal on the ballot to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. Supporters of the proposal have gathered 70,000 signatures, and they were delivered to the secretary of state on Monday. They’ll have to be verified for the proposal […]
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Hillary Clinton to make campaign stop in Portland
PORTLAND — Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is appearing at a middle school in Maine’s largest city as she courts voters while seeking the Democratic nomination. Clinton will appear at King Middle School in the Portland on Friday. She is scheduled to speak at the event at about 4:15 p.m. The appearance will be open […]
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Hillary Clinton to visit Portland on Friday
PORTLAND — Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is making a campaign stop at a Portland, Maine, middle school as she continues her push for the Democratic nomination. The former secretary of state will appear at King Middle School in the state’s largest city on Friday. The event is scheduled for 4 p.m. and will be open […]
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Bruce Poliquin raises $1.1 million for 2016 Congressional campaign
AUGUSTA — U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin has raised nearly $380,000 in the latest reporting period to support his re-election bid. The 2nd District congressman’s campaign said Tuesday that he has raised more than $1.1 million to date. Poliquin has donated more than $3,000 to his own campaign and has nearly $950,000 cash on hand. Poliquin […]
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Video: Ben Carson announces his GOP campaign for president
DETROIT — Retired surgeon Ben Carson declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, resting his longshot bid on his vision of the nation as “a place of dreams” where people can thrive when freed from an overbearing government. Carson, the only African-American in the race, spoke in front of hundreds of people at […]
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Marco Rubio announces 2016 presidential campaign
MIAMI — Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday took on Hillary Rodham Clinton in his first words as a presidential candidate, telling top donors he is running for the Republican nomination because the 2016 race for the White House should be about the future, not the past. The first-term Republican from Florida, 43, also told his […]
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Poliquin raises more than $700,000 in first quarter for 2016 re-election
AUGUSTA — U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin has raised more than $700,000 to support his re-election bid. Poliquin’s staff said Monday that the Republican’s fundraising totals for the first three months of the year beats the freshman first-quarter record set two years ago by Democratic Florida Rep. Patrick Murphy. Poliquin faces another challenge from Democrat Emily […]