Final tallies put the Democratic governor-elect’s spending at more than $3 million, not including support from outside groups.
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Janet Mills becomes Maine's first female governor
Democrat Janet Mills won the governor’s race early Wednesday, as Republican Shawn Moody conceded defeat. With 325 of 574 precincts reporting, Mills had 50 percent of the vote to Moody’s 44 percent. Independent candidate Terry Hayes, who conceded early in the evening, was drawing about 6 percent of the vote. The returns, coming in slowly […]
Shawn Moody visits Auburn to pitch his ‘Staycationland’ marketing strategy
AUBURN – Touting Maine’s clean air and water and its low crime rate, Republican candidate for governor Shawn Moody said he wants to develop a marketing plan to convince some of the 30 million tourists who visit the state each year to move here to help grow the state’s economy and workforce. Moody, a Gorham […]
Moody camp doubts poll showing Mills with 8-point lead in governor's race
A new online poll suggesting that Democrat Janet Mills is leading Republican Shawn Moody by 8 percentage points in the race to be Maine’s next governor came under fire from Moody’s campaign. The poll of 500 likely voters statewide by Portland-based Pan Atlantic Research was conducted the first week in October. It found that 44.4 […]
Wrecking the state of Maine
Shawn Moody should keep doing what he does best — fixing wrecked cars. He would wreck the state of Maine, just like the governor now in office. Jim Roderick, Madrid Township
Shawn Moody campaign rocked by 12-year-old sexual discrimination charge
A 2006 sex discrimination allegation against Republican Shawn Moody and his auto repair business jolted the 2018 race for governor Friday after a new report revealed details of the 12-year-old complaint to the Maine Human Rights Commission. The complaint, which the Portland Press Herald and other Maine media had previously investigated but did not […]
Gun groups back Moody, but disagree over Mills' performance
Republican businessman Shawn Moody has won the endorsement of gun rights groups in the race to be Maine’s next governor, but the groups are at odds over Democrat Janet Mills’ performance in supporting their views on the Second Amendment. Mills, the state’s attorney general, received an F grade earlier this year from the political action […]
Mills the top fundraiser in Maine’s race for governor, new reports show
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Janet Mills raised almost $800,000 in campaign contributions in the last two months, more than twice the amount that Republican Shawn Moody raised in the same period, according to the latest campaign finance reports, filed Tuesday night. Mills has raised a total of $1.8 million for the race, to Moody’s $1.4 million. […]
Governor candidate Caron made nearly $1 million last year; Moody’s income is under wraps
Three of the four candidates in the race to be Maine’s next governor released copies of their state and federal tax returns at the request of the Portland Press Herald on Friday, and independent candidate Alan Caron reported the highest income, $912,952, in 2017 and paid $190,193 in state and federal taxes. Republican Shawn Moody, […]
Republican National Committee offers support to Shawn Moody
AUGUSTA — Touting Shawn Moody’s background as a “self-made man,” the Republican National Committee on Tuesday issued a statement of support for the Republican candidate in the race to be Maine’s next governor. Moody, a Gorham businessman and auto-body entrepreneur who made millions in the auto-recycling business and now heads a chain of 11 auto-body […]