WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming he’s accomplished a “heckuva lot,” House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election and will retire next year, injecting another layer of uncertainty as Republicans face worries over losing their majority in the fall. The Wisconsin Republican cast the decision as a personal one, saying he did […]
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Local GOP primary only legislative race to be impacted by ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — If ranked-choice voting is applied to Maine’s June 12 primary election, the system would come into play in only one legislative race – a House District 75 contest that features three Republicans. All three candidates for the seat representing Turner, Leeds and part of Livermore said Tuesday that they oppose ranked-choice voting on […]
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Hearing held on claim campaign of Brakey's opponent forged dead voters signatures
AUGUSTA — Allegations that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn’s campaign forged the signatures of dead voters to get his name on the June ballot are under review by the state Secretary of State’s Office. The complaint, brought by the campaign of Linn’s Republican primary rival, state Sen. Eric Brakey’s campaign of Auburn, was the […]
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Maine Senate president Mike Thibodeau drops out of governor’s race
AUGUSTA — Senate President Mike Thibodeau said Monday that he is withdrawing from the Republican primary race for governor in order to focus more of his time on his legislative leadership position and his business. Thibodeau said in a statement posted on his campaign’s website and Facebook page that “there simply aren’t enough hours in […]
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Jeff Flake eyes 2020 GOP primary challenge to stop Donald Trump
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Jeff Flake has a direct message for the Republicans of New Hampshire: Someone needs to stop Donald Trump. And Flake, a Republican senator from Arizona, may stand up against the Republican president in 2020 — either as a Republican or an independent — if no one else does. “It has not […]
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Republicans want Donald Trump to back off his tariff proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump are pleading with him to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war. Trump retorted: “We’re not backing down.” The president on Monday said U.S. neighbors Canada […]
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Republican candidates for governor back gun ownership at Colby College debate
WATERVILLE — The five Republican candidates for governor attempted to set each other apart from one another Monday night at Colby College during the first debate ahead of the fall election. In the Ostrove Auditorium, the candidates — state Rep. Kenneth Fredette, former commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services Mary Mayhew, businessman […]
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Maine Ethics Panel: No need to investigate GOP ties with Maine Examiner
AUGUSTA — The Maine ethics commission opted Thursday to drop a possible investigation into allegations that a state GOP official behaved improperly when he created a website to deliver news with a conservative slant without disclosing his role. That site, the Maine Examiner, drew attention in December when it revealed internal campaign emails from Lewiston […]
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GOP women frustrated by Trump's approach to abuse charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump White House’s handling of abuse charges against men in its midst is frustrating prominent Republican women as the party’s yearslong struggle to attract female voters stretches into the 2018 midterm elections. “It’s the mixed signals. They’ve just got to be stronger, more consistent, clearer in the message” to women, Sen. […]
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Conservatives lash out at GOP spending binge
NEW YORK (AP) — The GOP is the party of fiscal responsibility no more. That’s according to some conservatives who are grappling with a Republican-backed spending binge that threatens to generate trillion-dollar deficits for years to come while staining a cherished pillar of the modern-day Republican Party. While President Donald Trump and his allies hope […]