Thanks to some mostly innocuous television advertisements from an outside group, things are heating up among the three candidates in the June 12 Democratic congressional primary for Maine’s 2nd District seat. The commercials, from a nonprofit social welfare group called the Maine Outdoor Alliance, tout the wonders of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, […]
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GOP frets over West Virginia as four states decide primaries
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican primary voters in West Virginia are deciding whether a brash outsider using a racially charged closing message or one of two more mainstream GOP candidates will face vulnerable Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall in a general election both parties view as key to Senate control for the next two […]
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What is ranked-choice voting?
What is ranked-choice voting? Ranked-choice voting allows you to rank candidates in a race from most to least favorite. If your favorite candidate receives the least amount of votes in a race, your vote will be transferred to your second-favorite candidate. The way we vote now: Right now, when we go to the polls, we vote […]
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Republicans gear up for rough election season
AUGUSTA — As Maine’s gubernatorial race grows increasingly heated, Republican hopeful Ken Fredette told state GOP convention delegates Saturday, “This is going to be a war, folks.” The 1,600 delegates who gathered at the Maine Civic Center this weekend could at least take heart that the volleys lobbed toward the enemy were just about always […]
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Maine GOP files suit to keep ranked-choice voting out of June primary
AUGUSTA – The Maine Republican Party announced Friday it was filing a lawsuit in federal court in its latest effort to stop the use of ranked-choice voting in the primary elections on June 12. The announcement came shortly after delegates at the party’s biannual convention voted unanimously to change the party’s platform rules to say […]
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Max Linn aides call for state fraud probe of campaign’s election paperwork
Two men at the heart of the scandal that caused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn’s campaign to self-destruct said Wednesday that Attorney General Janet Mills ought to find out who committed fraud in Linn’s signature-gathering process. “I will go talk to the attorney general myself. I hope there’s justice here,” Matt McDonald, a strategist […]
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Cote leads Democrats in fundraising for governor’s race; Moody, Mason lead GOP
Adam Cote is leading Betsy Sweet and Janet Mills in the campaign fundraising race among Democrats running for governor in the June primary election, according to reports filed Tuesday with the state. Meanwhile, Shawn Moody and Maine Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason, a clean election candidate, appear to be the top fundraisers among the Republican […]
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Jonathan Fulford withdraws from congressional race, cites campaign pressures on family
After suspending his campaign out of the blue Monday, Democratic congressional contender Jonathan Fulford said Tuesday he is withdrawing from the 2nd District race entirely. “The pressures of a campaign on myself and the family have been substantial, and I am withdrawing from the campaign. Sometimes family is more important than anything else,” the Monroe […]
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DA candidate Seth Carey suspended from practicing law
An Auburn lawyer who is running for district attorney was handed an interim suspension from practicing law Monday after a judge found credible evidence he committed unlawful sexual conduct and assault. Seth Carey, 42, who is running for district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, likely violated the law while also breaking the rules […]
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Farmington men face off for open state House seat
FARMINGTON — After losing a squeaker two years ago, Scott Landry is again seeking to represent District 13 in the Maine House of Representatives. With incumbent Rep. Lance Harvell, R-Farmington, stepping down at the end of his term, Landry will face Republican Paul Brown in the Nov. 6 general election. Brown said his background in […]