The contenders in Maine’s increasingly heated 2nd District congressional race are getting testy. Both Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and Jared Golden, the Democrat who hopes to unseat him, complained this week about campaign advertising they said crossed the line. When Golden read a Maine GOP post on Facebook calling into question his commitment to […]
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New GOP television ad targets Golden's positions — and tattoo
A new television advertisement by a GOP-aligned Super PAC called the Congressional Leadership Fund calls attention to Democratic challenger Jared Golden’s tattoos. As it attacks his record, the commercial includes a closeup of a tattoo on his right arm and ends with a shot of a man’s back emblazoned with a large tattoo-like image headlined […]
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No, you're the career politician! It's a favored zinger for nearly every candidate
Slamming someone as a “career politician” is one of the harshest slurs available in the political arsenal these days. It has become so routine that it is difficult to find a high-profile election where one, both or all of the candidates involved are not zinging one another as career politicians. That is certainly the case […]
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Paul Ryan's Super PAC takes aim at Democrat Jared Golden in new TV ad
A political action committee tied to the Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to release its first television advertisement of the campaign Wednesday, charging that Democratic congressional hopeful Jared Golden will support tax increases if he makes it to Capitol Hill. Golden said Tuesday that while he supports hiking the taxes […]
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Poliquin floods his Maine district with taxpayer-funded mail
LEWISTON — Former Mayor Larry Gilbert has seen a lot of odd things in politics over the years, but even he was surprised recently when his congressman sent matching, unsolicited letters to his two adult daughters. One letter touted U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s record in targeting sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, while the other hailed […]
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Bruce Poliquin issues the first attack ad of the campaign
And so it begins. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s campaign issued its first television advertisement Friday assailing his chief opponent, Democrat Jared Golden, as “too radical” and “too risky.” The move drew a quick denunciation from Golden’s camp. “Today’s desperate attack by Bruce Poliquin comes as no surprise and validates everything the polls show: The two-term […]
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Writer Stephen King takes aim at Bruce Poliquin
Horror writer Stephen King is no fan of the Republican congressman who represents him in Maine. Seven times this year, King has taken to Twitter to zing U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin. Friday, he denounced Poliquin as “Maine’s political version of Punxsutawney Phil,” the famous groundhog, because “once every 2 years he comes out of his […]
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Poll shows Jared Golden has a shot at winning 2nd District congressional race
A new poll by The Mellman Group indicates 2nd District Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin and his Democratic challenger Jared Golden are in a tight race that Golden could win once ranked-choice voting preferences are factored in. The poll, conducted for Golden’s campaign and reported this morning by Roll Call, determined that in the first round […]
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Golden calls Poliquin "astonishingly weak" on Russia
LEWISTON — Democratic U.S. House candidate Jared Golden said Tuesday that Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin displayed “astonishingly weak” leadership in his comments about what happened at the Helsinki Summit. Golden, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, said Poliquin “fails to acknowledge that Russia poses a serious threat to American democracy, and American security interests abroad, particularly […]
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Poliquin has big lead in campaign cash over Democrat Golden
Heading into the general election, Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin has at least one big advantage over his Democratic challenger: money. Poliquin, seeking a third term in Maine’s hardscrabble 2nd District, reported $2.7 million in cash-on-hand at the end of June, compared to $357,000 for Jared Golden, who won a three-way Democratic primary last month […]