AUGUSTA — The leaves may still be changing outside, but it’s officially political mud season in Maine. The negative political advertising wars are fully underway, with both parties and outside groups targeting the other side’s candidates and then accusing the opposition of misleading or flat-out dishonest statements. In a new ad in the tight, four-person race […]

AUGUSTA — The four candidates for governor fielded questions about Maine’s economy, workforce shortages, energy prices and other topics Wednesday night during a fast-paced but largely friendly debate in front of business leaders. The candidates — Democrat Janet Mills, Republican Shawn Moody and independents Alan Caron and Terry Hayes — agreed on many topics, including the need […]

The Maine Republican Party just dropped a massive $1.8 million ad buy in the governor’s race, narrowing the spending gap between party-backed political committees and bringing total outside spending to almost $7 million. Virtually all of the money in the latest Republican expenditure, $1.7 million, is for television ads opposing Democrat Janet Mills, according to […]

The four candidates hoping to replace Republican Gov. Paul LePage squared off on several key issues including abortion, climate change, immigration, sexual harassment and health care during a debate at the University of New England’s Portland campus Wednesday. Sitting side by side, Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills sparred over climate change. Mills implied […]

Less than a month before the election, the race to choose who will lead Maine after eight tumultuous years under Gov. Paul LePage is unusually quiet. There have been no rallies with big-name national political figures, few polls, no headline-grabbing mudslinging and only a few of relatively tame debates or forums to date. And while […]