It’s heading toward the final election season stretch, and like clockwork the debate wars are underway. “You can’t do the job if you don’t show up,” independent gubernatorial candidate Terry Hayes said in a recent release, castigating the party-backed candidates – Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills – for withdrawing from multiple proposed debates […]
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Merger, Gallant among area’s top 10 stories of 2017
Try describing 2017 in a concise way. We dare you. In Maine, as in the rest of the country, it was a year that started with a loud and often ugly political debate that never seemed to end. There were scandals of all kinds and tragedies almost too immense to bear. Locally, the idea to […]
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Lewiston voter turnout good, not great
LEWISTON — Voter turnout for Tuesday’s municipal election was good, but it didn’t set any records. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said ballots were cast by 8,393 voters, about 33.5 percent of the city’s 25,009 registered voters. That surpassed the most recent 2013 municipal election, which had a 28 percent voter turnout, she said. “But that […]
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Health care, property tax reform, education top priorities for gubernatorial candidates
A newly elected governor will get at least one chance to make a bold statement of intent with his first legislative proposal in office, his “LD 1.” That first initiative may not be the most remembered initiative or even the most impactful of a governor’s four-year term, given unforeseen incidents such as recessions or ice […]
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Cutler camp says internal poll shows surge building for independent in Maine governor’s race
LEWISTON — A new poll from the campaign of Eliot Cutler suggests Cutler, the independent in the race for the Maine governor’s office, is gaining steam. The poll that sampled 400 likely voters statewide Sept. 16 and 17 suggests Cutler, who had trailed a distant third in publicly released polls, may be experiencing a surge […]
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Michaud campaign announces staff
PORTLAND — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud is announcing the senior staff members of his campaign for governor. Michaud said Tuesday that Matt McTighe will serve as campaign manager in Michaud’s campaign against Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent Eliot Cutler in the 2014 election. McTighe was the campaign manager for the successful 2012 same-sex […]
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It’s official: Michaud wants to be governor
PORTLAND — Democratic U.S. Rep Mike Michaud ended speculation about his run for governor Wednesday when his campaign confirmed that he’s entering the campaign with a formal announcement Thursday in Lewiston. The five-term congressman, who has said he wants to restore civility to the Maine State House, has been raising money to challenge Republican Gov. Paul […]
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Cutler Democrats shift donations to Michaud’s campaign for governor
PORTLAND — Buried in early campaign filings, a subtle shift has begun in the race for Maine’s next governor. Democratic donors who rallied behind independent candidate Eliot Cutler in the last election have begun to send their checks instead to Democrat Mike Michaud, a five-term U.S. congressman. The small group of defectors includes Cutler’s former […]
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LePage fundraising slows as Cutler, Michaud trumpet energy ‘to change the leadership in Augusta’
AUGUSTA — Two candidates preparing to face off against incumbent Republican Paul LePage in the 2014 governor’s race raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the first half of 2013, while LePage saw his fundraising efforts slip. LePage raised $123,000 in the first half of 2013, bringing his total amount raised since 2011 to $339,000. […]
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Cutler, Michaud issue reports on campaign donors, expenses
PORTLAND — Maine independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler says he’s raised more than $430,000 so far for his 2014 campaign, while likely Democratic candidate Mike Michaud says he’s raised about $313,000. In a semiannual report filed Monday with the Maine Ethics Commission, Cutler reports he received contributions from 632 individuals during the first six months […]