The survey by the New York Times and Siena College showed Democrat Sara Gideon up 5 points in the U.S. Senate race and Biden up 17 points in the presidential race.
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Eric Trump tells Maine lobstermen: ‘We will never, ever let you down’
At a campaign event in Saco, President Trump’s son touts his father’s support for the iconic fishing industry as the reason Maine should vote to give him a second term.
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Pandemic relief lands front and center in 2nd District congressional race
Jared Golden and Dale Crafts each want more relief for those struggling, but they differ on how best to do it.
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Groups promoting absentee ballots sowing confusion among Maine voters
City clerks say mailings and emails by political campaigns and get-out-the-vote groups are triggering a flood of calls from voters who already have requested their ballots.
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Ad accusing Gideon of accepting fundraising ‘bribe’ leaves out context
The television ad released Wednesday by the National Republican Senatorial Committee also attacks the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate for her criticism of the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Poll shows Gideon with large lead over Collins, but leaves out 2 independent candidates
The Quinnipiac University survey shows the Democrat up 54% to 42% over Sen. Susan Collins, but pollsters didn’t ask about independents Lisa Savage and Max Linn.
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Legislative free-for-all gives Democrats 24 uncontested seats
For the first time since 1998, more than 30 seats in the Maine Legislature will go to candidates, mostly Democrats, who face no opposition in November.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, News, Politics
Trump denies downplaying virus, casts doubt on mask usage
In a televised town hall, the president is defensive but not agitated when pressed on his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biden courts Latino voters in 1st trip to Florida as nominee
A poll released last week found Latinos in the state about evenly divided between President Trump and Joe Biden.
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Requests for absentee ballots in Maine approach 200,000
The latest numbers from Maine’s secretary of state suggest voters will cast a record number of absentee ballots in 2020.