Former selectman Cyprien Johnson defeated Paul Frederic, chairman of the Starks Board of Selectmen, in the race for the Somerset County Board of Commissioners District 2 seat by a vote of 2,557-2,175.
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Skowhegan votes not to change positions from elective to appointive
Also Tuesday, residents of the six towns of Skowhegan-based School Administrative District 54 approved a bond amounting to $1.6 million to replace and fix roofs on seven of eight district schools.
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Grant for Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad fails
The proposal to give $500,000 to help the railroad relocate didn’t gain enough support from voters in Gray.
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Vermont landslide is Clinton’s first victory
Longtime Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch also coast to re-election.
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Pingree wins re-election to 1st Congressional District
The incumbent Democrat was widely expected to beat Republican Mark Holbrook, a Brunswick counselor, to win a fifth term in Congress.
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Lessing, Champagne, elected to Waterville City Council
Voters on Tuesday elected two new city councilors — Lauren Lessing and Nicholas Mark Champagne — and re-elected Tiffany Y. Laliberty and Joan Phillips-Sandy to the Waterville Board of Education.
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Maine woman brings millions of Clinton fans to Pantsuit Nation
One month after Libby Chamberlain of Brooklin created the invitation-only secret Facebook group, almost 3 million Hillary Clinton supporters have come together to share their support.
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Approval looks likely for initiative to change how Maine candidates are elected
With about 82 percent of the precincts reporting, the proposal to adopt ranked-choice voting had support from 52 percent of the voters.
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Measure to fund schools with added tax on high earners still too close to call
Question 2 alled for a surcharge for household income over $200,000 to help the state meet its mandate to cover 55 percent of education costs.
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Proposed expansion of gun background checks defeated
The “Yes on 3” campaign conceded the race Wednesday morning after unofficial results showed 52 percent of Maine voters opposed requiring background checks on private gun sales, gun loans or other transfers.