LEWISTON — Mayor Robert Macdonald defeated challenger Ben Chin in Tuesday’s special mayoral runoff election. The vote was 4,398 to 3,826. “I was looking at all those people today, and I thought I actually could win,” Macdonald said afterward. “But you never know until the end. Some stopped and they said they voted for me, but […]
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Absentee voting points to busy polls
LEWISTON — Judging by absentee ballots alone, Tuesday’s mayoral runoff election should be busy. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said 2,983 people requested absentee ballots in the 17 business days leading up to the Dec. 8 vote. Of those, 2,709 had already voted and returning their ballots to her office, leaving fewer than 300 still out […]
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Different campaigns on display in race to be Lewiston mayor
LEWISTON — Don’t mistake his casual attitude about campaigning for indifference, Mayor Robert Macdonald said Friday. “Don’t think it’s because I don’t care if I win,” Macdonald said, five days before a runoff ballot between himself and challenger Ben Chin. “I do care. I ran because I care, and I’m running to win, but I […]
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Lewiston: More absentee voters in mayoral runoff than in November election
LEWISTON — More voters have opted to cast their ballots absentee for next Tuesday’s mayoral runoff than in the Nov. 3 election. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said her office has processed 2,527 absentee ballot requests since they became available Nov. 6. Many have come in the last 10 days, and 193 requests came in Tuesday […]
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Ben Chin, Robert Macdonald debate on Lewiston’s reputation, housing
LEWISTON — During a standing-room-only debate between the two mayoral runoff candidates, incumbent Robert Macdonald was asked what he would do to improve headlines that have shown a divisive city. “I’m not going to do anything,” Macdonald said. If he were to start treating certain people special, “you start having friction.” Macdonald said his words […]
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GOP takes on Ben Chin’s campaign, challenges his Christianity
LEWISTON — A Maine Republican attack on mayoral candidate Ben Chin’s faith has led the speaker of the Maine House to call for a legislator to resign. Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, called for Rep. Lawrence Lockman, R-Amherst, to resign over a Facebook post he made Monday labeling Chin an anti-Christian bigot. “This has no […]
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Lewiston mayoral race: Ben Chin, Bob Macdonald to debate Nov. 19
LEWISTON — Mayor Bob Macdonald and challenger Ben Chin will face off Nov. 19 in City Hall for a debate leading up to their Dec. 8 runoff election. Heidi Sawyer, moderator of the “Lewiston Rocks the Vote” Facebook group, said the format will be an actual debate, giving the two candidates a chance to rebut each […]
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Lewiston runoff vote set for Dec. 8 as financial rules reset
LEWISTON — Voting in a runoff election between Mayor Robert Macdonald and challenger Ben Chin should begin Friday, when absentee ballots become available at City Hall. City councilors on Wednesday voted to set the election on Dec. 8 and to set the single polling place at Longley Elementary School. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said absentee […]
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Ben Chin, Bob Macdonald headed to Lewiston mayor runoff
LEWISTON — The choice for Lewiston’s next mayor will be about challenger Ben Chin and incumbent Robert Macdonald. The two candidates left behind their three challengers at the polls Tuesday, setting the stage for a Dec. 8 runoff vote. Chin received the most votes of any candidate, 3,673 of the 8,332 cast in the mayoral […]