“If we are going to unite and stay strong, we need a new face to do that.”-Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has withdrawn his candidacy for House Speaker.Learn more: http://to.pbs.org/1LoysZs Posted by PBS NewsHour on Thursday, October 8, 2015 WASHINGTON — In a stunning move, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday withdrew his candidacy for speaker of […]
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Maine GOP starts citizen initiative on tax and welfare reform
AUGUSTA — Maine Republican Party Chairman Rick Bennett said Wednesday that the party intends to send major tax and welfare reforms it hopes to enact through citizen initiative in 2016 to voters as a single ballot question. Though Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, a Democrat, has final say regarding how the question will be worded, […]
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Maine Sen. Amy Volk supports Carly Fiorina in GOP presidential primary
LEWISTON — State Sen. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough, is endorsing GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina on the eve of a Maine visit by Fiorina. Fiorina is making several private appearances, including a luncheon at the Maine Heritage Policy Center, as well as attending a fundraising event in her honor that’s being cosponsored by Volk in Portland […]
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Republicans willing to lose women’s votes
It’s nice to already know the Republicans’ strategy as they lurch toward the long and bumpy road to someone else’s presidency. Removes the mystery. Their new mantra, in GOP-speak: So long, ladies. I’ll give them this: They’re no longer pretending to care about us. Yay for them for ending that charade. They don’t want us, […]
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Video: Ben Carson announces his GOP campaign for president
DETROIT — Retired surgeon Ben Carson declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, resting his longshot bid on his vision of the nation as “a place of dreams” where people can thrive when freed from an overbearing government. Carson, the only African-American in the race, spoke in front of hundreds of people at […]
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Marco Rubio announces 2016 presidential campaign
MIAMI — Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday took on Hillary Rodham Clinton in his first words as a presidential candidate, telling top donors he is running for the Republican nomination because the 2016 race for the White House should be about the future, not the past. The first-term Republican from Florida, 43, also told his […]
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Ben Carson announces presidential exploratory committee
WASHINGTON — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has created an exploratory committee to run for president, becoming the first high-profile Republican candidate to formally enter the 2016 presidential contest. Carson, the only African-American expected to enter the race, rose to national prominence after criticizing President Barack Obama’s health care law at the 2013 National Prayer breakfast. […]
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Majority GOP taking steps to provisionally place Republican candidate in contested Maine Senate seat
AUGUSTA — Republicans in the Maine Senate will take action Wednesday to provisionally seat Cathy Manchester of Gray, the GOP candidate in a Falmouth-area Senate district election for which the results have been contested since Election Day. That move — which would likely be successful because it simply requires a majority vote of the Maine […]
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Rich Lowry: Republicans should make the most of their opportunity
2008 feels long ago. A Democratic Party that rode the Obama wave to historic congressional majorities is now saddled with a president who was the hot new thing six years ago. Its agenda tends to be picayune or pointless, and its new generation of leadership is the same as the old generation of leadership. As […]
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Lewiston state Senate candidate says mailers misrepresent his voting record
LEWISTON — A Democratic candidate for the state Senate says his voting record on welfare reform is being misrepresented by the Maine Republican Party. The GOP campaign flier attacks Nate Libby of Lewiston for weakening efforts to “crack down” on fraud and abuse. Libby says the mailer, which features a photo of a heavy-set man […]