Ranked-choice voting, an expected high turnout, record absentee voting and potential disruptions at the polls could produce delays in declaring winners, especially in top races.
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Lewiston-Auburn
Democrats try to round up votes in Lewiston
Sara Gideon and Joseph Kennedy headline separate rallies in bid to boost party loyalists
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine, News, Politics
In final debate, Collins and Gideon spar over Supreme Court, health care, abortion
Only the two front-runners in Maine’s closely watched Senate race were invited to participate in WMTW’s debate.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
With one week left, Susan Collins and Sara Gideon making final pushes in historic race
The candidates are planning small-scale events, tours and door-knocking campaigns around the state through next Tuesday.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Sara Gideon promises to keep a Senate office in Lewiston
During a visit to Auburn on Friday, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate asked a lot of questions, made few promises.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
Joe Biden, Sara Gideon win mock elections in Maine schools
Democrats did well in the mock election exercise — a tradition in Maine schools — as students also chose incumbent Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden over their Republican challengers.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
Obama releases ad in support of Gideon
The former president appears in a 1-minute video to support the Democratic House Speaker’s bid for U.S. Senate.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Max Linn promises change in long-shot U.S. Senate campaign
The independent is running against the two-party system and the massive amounts of campaign spending in the race, but faces an uphill battle in his effort to unseat Sen. Susan Collins.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Trump attacks Collins over expected vote on Supreme Court nominee
The president declares that Maine’s senior senator, a fellow Republican fighting for her political life, is ‘not worth the work.’
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Gideon raked in $39 million for Senate race in last 3 months
The Democratic candidate raised nearly five times as much as the $8 million contributed to Republican Sen. Susan Collins.