In a move urged by Democratic Party leaders, state Rep. Jared Golden of Lewiston aims to unseat two-term U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Republican. Golden, a combat veteran, said he’ll concentrate on “the table issues that really matter to people,” such as fixing bad trade deals, creating jobs and improving the state’s crumbling infrastructure. “I’m not […]
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Susan Collins unsure whether Trump will be GOP nominee in 2020
BANGOR — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Monday she’s not sure if President Donald Trump will be her party’s nominee for the nation’s top job in 2020. Collins, who didn’t endorse Trump last year, told MSNBC it is “too difficult to say” if he’ll gain the GOP’s backing in the next presidential […]
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GOP congressional hopeful blames both sides 'of the same hate-filled coin'
Bemoaning the violence that shook Charlottesville, Virginia, last week during a racist rally, Republican congressional candidate Mark Holbrook Friday denounced “fringe groups spewing anger and hatred.” But Holbrook laid blame for the mayhem on both the white supremacists who targeted Charlottesville for their largest rally in years and the counter-demonstrators who showed up to protest. […]
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Diane Russell announces she will run for governor in 2018
The Democratic primary race to replace Gov. Paul LePage in 2018 attracted a seventh contender Thursday when former four-term state Rep. Diane Russell of Portland announced her candidacy. Russell, 41, announced her candidacy by highlighting her ascent from a convenience store clerk earning $8 per hour when she first ran for the House of Representatives […]
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Paul LePage says Eric Brakey is a long shot to beat Angus King
Gov. Paul LePage is sounding more and more like he plans next year to challenge independent.Angus King’s bid for a second term in the U.S. Senate. During a radio interview Thursday, the governor indicated that the only declared major party challenger — state Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn — likely can’t win. “I don’t see it […]
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Emily's List targets Bruce Poliquin in 2018 race
Emily Cain couldn’t defeat U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin on her own, but now she’s put the Maine Republican “On Notice” that Emily’s List is making him one of its top targets in next year’s election. As executive director of the organization devoted to electing women, Cain, a Democrat who lost twice to Poliquin, said Emily’s […]
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Susan Collins is going to run for governor, Paul LePage says
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday he believes that Maine’s senior senator, Republican Susan Collins, has her eye on Blaine House.. “I think she knows what she’s doing. She’s planning to run for governor,” LePage told Portland radio station WGAN. Collins, who’s been in the Senate for two decades, has said she plans to […]
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Democrats searching for candidate who can beat Bruce Poliquin
AUGUSTA — For some Democrats, Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s vote this spring in favor of a health care bill that even President Donald Trump called “mean” threw open a door for a challenger to unseat the two-term incumbent. Poliquin “can’t turn back time and undo the damaging vote he took to kick 23 million […]
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Paul LePage may seek U.S. Senate seat after all
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage said he may jump into the U.S. Senate race after all. Speaking to a Portland radio station Thursday morning, the governor said he’s getting pressure to reconsider his decision to steer clear of the 2018 contest. U.S. Sen. Angus King, a first-term Maine independent, has only one challenger to his […]
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Adam Cote, Mary Mayhew start strong in campaign fundraising
The first financial filings in Maine’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign confirmed that Democrat Adam Cote and Republican Mary Mayhew are on track to run formidable campaigns to replace Gov. Paul LePage. They were the only major privately financed Blaine House candidates who declared their candidacies during the second quarter of 2017. Updated reports for that period […]