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Showdown between Kavanaugh, accuser scheduled for next week

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are forging ahead with plans for a Senate hearing they had hoped to avoid on a woman’s claims that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were high schoolers, hoping to salvage the judge’s endangered Supreme Court nomination with a risky, nationally televised showdown between him and his accuser. Republicans reversed […]

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Obama tweets endorsement for three Maine Democrats

AUGUSTA — Former President Barack Obama endorsed three Democrats running for the Maine Senate in a tweet Wednesday that included dozens of other endorsements of candidates around the country. Louis Luchini, Linda Sanborn and Laura Fortman made Obama’s first round of endorsements for the 2018 election. The tweet included a list of 81 Democratic candidates for state and federal […]

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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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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 […]