AUGUSTA — Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett and Vice Chairwoman Peggy Schaffer won’t be seeking re-election to their posts. Bartlett and Schaffer, who announced their decisions Sunday, are going out on a high note. Democrat Janet Mills won the gubernatorial race, Democrat Jared Golden flipped a Republican congressional seat thanks to ranked-choice voting, and […]
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Maine GOP says Democratic ethics complaint ‘completely without merit’
AUGUSTA — The Maine Republican Party’s executive director said Thursday that a Democratic ethics complaint against the GOP is “completely without merit.” Denying any wrongdoing, Jason Savage said the Republicans “are extremely diligent about reporting all expenditures in a timely manner.” Meanwhile, more evidence has emerged tying Savage to an anonymous website that spreads news […]
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Auburn Democrats to meet Tuesday
AUBURN — Phil Bartlett, chairman of the Maine Democratic Party, will address the Auburn Democratic City Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Auburn Hall. All Auburn Democrats are urged to attend committee meetings, which take place the fourth Tuesday of each month. Refreshments are served […]
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Democrats, Republicans must change the narrative on guns
On June 13, the day after the greatest mass shooting in this nation’s history, I issued a deeply personal statement in my public capacity as chairman of the Maine Democratic Party. It would be a perverse exercise to attempt to quantify the relative horror of such astonishing acts of violence. But on that occasion, my […]