Fears of voter intimidation, given such a highly polarized electorate, also were unfounded on Election Day.
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Pingree declares victory in Maine’s 1st Congressional District
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree was leading opponent Jay Allen by about 20 percentage points early Wednesday morning.
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Biden holds lead over Trump in Maine, with more votes to be counted
Joe Biden polled better than President Trump with Maine voters, but early returns showed the incumbent leading until 11 p.m.
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What lies ahead for Maine vote counting?
Polls closed Tuesday night, and towns that haven’t finished counting ballots have two days to get the job done.
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Graham and McConnell win, but Democrats pick up Colorado in battle for Senate
Republicans were defending seats in states once considered long shots for Democrats.
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Coronavirus, economy topped list of Mainers’ concerns heading into elections
With COVID-19 surging in Maine, the majority of local participants in The Associated Press’s national survey said the virus was ‘not at all under control’ in the U.S. and strongly disapproved of President Trump’s handling of the pandemic.
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Joe Biden wins Wisconsin and Michigan to get 1 state closer to the White House
The former vice president says he expects to win the election, even as President Trump prepares lawsuits in three states and requests a recount in Wisconsin.
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Augusta-area voters, not deterred by pandemic, line up to vote
Despite what is expected to be a record-breaking number of people voting by absentee before the election, numerous central Maine residents voting in person at the polls on Election Day.
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Election Day voting opens with some lines, scattered glitches and ample anxiety across the nation
Americans lined up for a long election season’s final day of voting Tuesday, breezing through cavernous facilities in some cities and waiting by the hundreds in others, and contending with only few scattered glitches in the first hours of Election Day. Nearly 100 million people had already cast ballots as voting got underway, a stunning […]
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Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges
President Donald Trump says he’s planning an aggressive legal strategy to try prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election