AUGUSTA – Questions were swirling Thursday about whether Mainers will use the ranked-choice voting system in the June primaries after Secretary of State Matt Dunlap raised concerns about a conflict in the law. Dunlap said his office was notified late Wednesday about “legal concerns regarding the implementation of ranked-choice voting” and, as a result, Dunlap […]
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Republican Super PAC to open Maine office to help Bruce Poliquin
A political action committee aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan is seeking to bolster the re-election bid of two-term U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in Maine’s sprawling 2nd District. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, announced this week it was opening five offices in hotly contested GOP-held districts across the country, including Poliquin’s. By […]
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State to hear Brakey's complaint of fake signatures on opponent's petition
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Republican hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Angus King is facing challenges about the veracity of his signatures he collected to qualify for the June primary. Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says the state will hold a public hearing Thursday on the challenge against financial planner Max Linn filed by opponent […]
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Bruce Poliquin spars with Democrats over immigration
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin took aim at each of his four Democratic challengers Friday for their support of Maine’s immigrants. In a post on Facebook, the two-term 2nd District Republican from Maine said that “illegal immigration is still illegal. We are a country of immigrants, but we are also a Nation of Laws. People entering […]
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Eric Brakey says Max Linn’s senate race nomination papers have signatures of dead people
The U.S. Senate campaign of Eric Brakey is challenging the validity of a Republican opponent’s paperwork to qualify for the primary ballot this June, saying the nomination petitions include signatures of dead voters and hundreds of duplicates. In a formal complaint, Brakey political director David Boyer alleged that candidate Max Linn’s petition sheets contain at […]
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Democrats seeking Poliquin's House seat try to gather votes at Bates
LEWISTON — Taking the stage at Bates College on Thursday, a quartet of 2nd District Democratic congressional hopefuls sounded pretty friendly with one another and not too different in their stances on the issues of the day. They basically like unions, want to expand the Medicare system to cover everyone, support greater measures to deal […]
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Democratic congressional candidates forum at Bates Thursday
LEWISTON — A candidates forum Thursday at Bates College will bring together four Democrats vying to become Maine’s 2nd District representative. The winner of the June 12 Democratic primary will challenge U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who has held the seat since 2014. Expected to attend are state Rep. Jared Golden of Lewiston, nonprofit executive Lucas […]
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Poliquin 'stress test' financial bill passes House
For U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, it is the little things that count. The sorts of bills often ignored. The stuff that is not flashy. The second-term Republican from Maine’s sprawling 2nd District convinced the House on Tuesday to pass easily a measure that would exempt most non-bank financial institutions from the stress tests required under […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King push for better security for 2018 election season
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government efforts to protect state and local elections from Russian cyberattacks in 2016 didn’t go far enough, leaders of the Senate intelligence committee said Tuesday as the panel released recommendations to safeguard against foreign meddling in the 2018 primary season that’s already underway. Federal warnings last time did not provide enough information or in […]
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Maine Democrats call for defense of Mueller's investigation of Trump
Though President Donald Trump called a special prosecutor’s probe “a total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest” in a Monday morning tweet, Maine Democrats vying for a seat in Congress this year uniformly back Special Counsel Robert Mueller. “Mueller must be allowed to finish the investigation for the sake of our democracy,” said Jonathan […]