AUGUSTA — Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has declared that U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn is not eligible for the June 12 primary after more voter signatures on the Republican’s nominating petitions were declared invalid during a hearing Tuesday, leaving the Bar Harbor businessman shy of the number needed to qualify for the ballot […]
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GOP Senate contender Max Linn has one campaign donor
In the first two months of his bid to win a U.S. Senate seat, Republican Max Linn garnered one campaign contribution. Federal Election Commission records show that Linn’s campaign raised $75,250 through the March 31 reporting deadline. All but $250 of it came in the form of a loan from the candidate himself. His one […]
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Garrett Mason seeks to become Maine’s youngest elected governor
LISBON — Some children dream of playing for the Boston Red Sox or becoming a teacher or maybe caring for puppies as a veterinarian. But Sen. Garrett Mason remembers that he first yearned to become, of all things, a journalist. And he had a particular type in mind, too: “the old beat reporters, the guys […]
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Brakey challenges more signatures on Max Linn's nomination papers for U.S. Senate
AUGUSTA — A judge ordered Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Friday to reopen his investigation in the case of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn. Superior Court Justice William Stokes told Dunlap’s office to accept new evidence from the campaign of Eric Brakey, a state senator from Auburn who is also seeking the […]
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Mayhew says Mills and Hayes should quit their state jobs before running for governor
LEWISTON — Republican gubernatorial candidate Mary Mayhew said Friday that Attorney General Janet Mills and State Treasurer Terry Hayes shouldn’t be pocketing government paychecks while they campaign for Maine’s top job. “They have full-time jobs the taxpayers are paying for,” said Mayhew, one of four contenders in the June 12 Republican primary for governor. If […]
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Wary of tainted campaign cash, Poliquin gives it to charities
On the first Friday of February, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin was feeling particularly generous. Despite facing a potentially hot reelection contest that might force his campaign to shell out millions of dollars on television advertising, consultants and all the accoutrements of a modern-day political showdown, Poliquin opted to dip into his coffers for something entirely […]
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Super PAC to spend $1.2 million on TV time to boost Poliquin
A super PAC tied to the U.S. House Republican leadership announced this week it has reserved $1.2 million worth of television airtime in Maine to boost the campaign of a two-term GOP lawmaker seeking re-election. The Congressional Leadership Fund locked in the election cycle advertising on Maine television stations to lend a hand to U.S. […]
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Judge rules ranked choice voting allowed in June
AUGUSTA — The state’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a ballot-box law that moves Maine’s primary elections to a ranked-choice voting system should stand for the pending primary elections in June. The June 12 vote will be the first in the nation for a statewide use of ranked-choice voting system. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court […]
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Democratic challengers together raised more cash than Bruce Poliquin
The four Democrats jostling in a primary for the opportunity to challenge U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the general election collectively raised 25 percent more campaign cash this year than the Republican incumbent. Filings with the Federal Election Commission Sunday show the four candidates together raised more than $550,000 from January through March, with Lewiston […]
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Skeptical high court hears arguments on blocking ranked-choice voting in Maine
Maine’s highest court is likely to rule quickly on legal questions around the state’s first-in-the-nation, ranked-choice voting law after a hearing Thursday marked by the justices’ pointed and skeptical questioning of attorneys involved in the case. The case, which involves the Maine Senate, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap and the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting […]