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Historic ranked-choice vote may have changed perceptions, but not election outcomes
AUGUSTA — After all of the anticipation and waiting, ranked-choice voting did not change the final outcome of any of the primary elections that served as test pilots during Maine’s historic use of the alternate ballot-casting system. Yet preliminary results show one candidate experienced a surge in support during Wednesday night’s vote retabulations, although not […]
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Moody plans to cement party support as Republicans gear up for November election
Shawn Moody says he plans to move quickly to build support in the Republican Party that he joined eight months ago and reach out to lawmakers who supported others in the four-way gubernatorial primary that he dominated Tuesday. “I think Republicans know exactly who I am,” Moody said in an interview Wednesday. “Obviously economic issues […]
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Max Linn can’t be candidate for U.S. Senate, Maine’s top court rules
The state’s Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated the candidacy of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn, a financial planner who lives in Bar Harbor. Linn’s campaign appealed a decision by Kennebec County Superior Court Justice William Stokes, who ruled that Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap was correct […]
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GOP frets over West Virginia as four states decide primaries
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican primary voters in West Virginia are deciding whether a brash outsider using a racially charged closing message or one of two more mainstream GOP candidates will face vulnerable Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall in a general election both parties view as key to Senate control for the next two […]
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Disqualified Senate candidate Max Linn appeals ruling that took him out of GOP primary
AUGUSTA — Republican Max Linn has filed an appeal with Maine’s highest court in hopes of forcing a primary election this June for his party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate. Linn is appealing a Superior Court judge’s ruling last week that upheld Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s determination that he failed to collect enough valid […]
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Max Linn pushes to remain on GOP Senate ballot despite fraudulent petition signatures
AUGUSTA — An attorney for U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn told a judge Wednesday that Maine’s secretary of state went too far when he eliminated entire sheets of Linn’s nominating petitions because some signatures were deemed invalid. ennebec County District Court Judge William Stokes said he would rule soon on Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s […]
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GOP Senate contender Max Linn has one campaign donor
In the first two months of his bid to win a U.S. Senate seat, Republican Max Linn garnered one campaign contribution. Federal Election Commission records show that Linn’s campaign raised $75,250 through the March 31 reporting deadline. All but $250 of it came in the form of a loan from the candidate himself. His one […]
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Brakey challenges more signatures on Max Linn's nomination papers for U.S. Senate
AUGUSTA — A judge ordered Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Friday to reopen his investigation in the case of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn. Superior Court Justice William Stokes told Dunlap’s office to accept new evidence from the campaign of Eric Brakey, a state senator from Auburn who is also seeking the […]
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Signatures of dead voters won’t keep U.S. Senate candidate off Maine primary ballot
AUGUSTA — Although Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap ruled that more than 200 signatures on Max Linn’s candidate petition were invalid, including several that belonged to people who died years ago, he said Thursday that the Republican U.S. Senate candidate turned in enough valid signatures to remain on the June primary ballot. The campaign […]