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Misconduct allegations lead John Gale to drop out of Cumberland DA race

Jon Gale dropped out of the race to become the Cumberland County district attorney on Monday night after the Maine Democratic Party had asked him to withdraw over unspecified allegations of sexual misconduct from when Gale worked at Unum in the early 2000s. Gale, 51, didn’t directly address the allegations about his time at Unum, […]

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Westbrook Democrat resigns after misconduct allegations

Dillon Bates, a two-term Democratic state representative from Westbrook who has been accused of inappropriate relationships with female students, has resigned effective immediately. Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon, who had previously sought the two-term lawmaker’s resignation, shared an email from the 30-year-old former teacher and coach on Monday. “Speaker Gideon, I will be resigning my […]

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Blaine House hopefuls shift to attack mode

With less than two weeks remaining before Maine’s primary elections, the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor are hitting each other and the airwaves with increasingly negative messages. With no recent, publicly available polls, it’s impossible to say whether any Democrat or Republican has a sizable lead over their competitors headed into the June 12 […]

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Franklin County Democrats to learn about ranked choice voting

FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Democratic Committee will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at Mallett School. The guest speaker will be Abbie Ryder of The Chamberlain Project Foundation. Ryder’s nonpartisan presentation will address the impact, pros and cons of ranked-choice voting. An “Act to Implement Ranked-choice Voting in 2021” will be […]

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Vietnam War Remembrance Day JAY — A Vietnam War Remembrance Day program will take place from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 30, at VFW Post 3335. Sponsoring the event will be VFW Post 3335, American Legion Post 10 and Amvets Post 33. Veterans, spouses, friends and supporters are welcome to share stories and experiences, give […]

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Maine ethics commission continues investigating democratic lawmaker

AUGUSTA (AP) — The state ethics commission says it will keep investigating a Democratic lawmaker who didn’t return roughly $2,600 in unspent public campaign funds for two months. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2mf3hxH ) reported that Rep. Dillon Bates ended up returning the funds after the commission contacted him 11 times between December and February. […]

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Lawmakers get first look at moving Maine back to presidential primaries

AUGUSTA – Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee got their first look at a bill that would move Maine back to a statewide presidential primary vote. The bill, LD 1673, sponsored by Sen. Justin Alfond, D-Portland, has received broad bipartisan support in its tentative form, including from Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The […]