As ballots in the close race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District were being brought Thursday to a central collection spot in Augusta for counting, Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin issued a statement claiming a first-round victory. “We won the election-night total,” Brendan Conley, spokesman for the Poliquin campaign, said in a prepared statement. A first-round […]

Nobody knows who won Maine’s hotly contested and sometimes bitter 2nd District congressional race. The two leading contenders — Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and Democrat Jared Golden — are more or less tied. Shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Secretary of State’s Office reported unofficial first-round results that showed Poliquin with a razor thin […]

After one of the most costly and closely watched campaigns in the country, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin faces possible defeat. Ranked-choice voting, in place for the first time in American history for a congressional election, is going to decide whether the Republican incumbent returns for a third term or cedes his 2nd District seat to […]

Trying to find the truth among the cacophony of competing claims in advertisements and mailers in Maine’s 2nd District congressional race is a challenge for even the most well-informed voters. To lend a hand before Tuesday’s election, the Sun Journal is checking up on some of the assertions to find out which ones have merit […]

Perhaps U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin put what’s at stake in his re-election bid as succinctly as anyone. Behind closed doors, the two-term Republican told a conservative gathering in 2017 there are “two dozen swing districts in the country” that will determine which party controls the U.S. House after the Nov. 6 election. The one he’s […]

As campaign operatives fill the airwaves with a barrage of commercials that often make astounding claims, it can be tough for voters in Maine’s 2nd District congressional race to know what’s true and what’s not. The Sun Journal is checking up on some of the advertising and mailers to help voters make sense of what […]

Many claims are being made by candidates and commercials in the battle for Maine’s 2nd District congressional seat. Some are true. Some are, at best, a stretch. Some are outright lies. With millions of dollars pouring into Maine for television advertisements that often take aim at Democrat Jared Golden or Republican Bruce Poliquin — along […]

It probably seems you cannot escape the advertising for the 2nd Congressional District race in Maine. In what may be the hottest political showdown in America, an average of 26 commercials tied to the contest aired every hour in Maine during a 10-day period that ended Oct. 25, according to the Wesleyan Media Project. One of […]

A new political advertisement from U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s congressional campaign features a politics-heavy gathering at a Lewiston hot dog stand that includes a local doctor touting the two-term Republican’s health care record. At one point in the 30-second spot, the camera zooms in for a close-up of the physician’s name embroidered on his white […]