Dunlap will face the Republican nominee, former Gov. Paul LePage, in November for the chance to succeed U.S. Rep. Jared Golden.
Billy Kobin
Staff Writer
Billy covers politics for the Press Herald. He joined the newsroom in 2026 after also covering politics for the Bangor Daily News for about two and a half years. Before moving to Maine in 2023, the Wisconsin native reported for the Courier Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Indianapolis Star after graduating from Northwestern University. Billy feels like Maine is right where he needs to be, and apart from reading and enjoying music, he loves getting outside to run, hike, bike, ski and play soccer with friends and family.
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Susan Collins, Jared Golden, Angus King and Chellie Pingree won’t share how they voted in Maine primary
Maine’s congressional delegation stayed fairly tight-lipped about their preferences in key primary races.
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State House elections: Recount in battle among young Maine Democrats, top Republican wins big
Democrats are seeking to keep their majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, though Republicans will push hard to flip the House.
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Maine’s Election Day issues: Getting asked to show ID and a town running out of ballots
From Gorham to Berwick to South Portland and elsewhere, Maine voters and clerks reported a few hiccups and problems on Election Day.
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Ron Russell wins Republican 1st District primary, will face Chellie Pingree
Russell, a military veteran from Kennebunkport, and Joshua Pietrowicz, a former car salesman from New Gloucester, were vying to win the Republican nomination.
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2nd District Democratic primary going to runoff
State Sen. Joe Baldacci, State Auditor Matt Dunlap, former Capitol Hill operative Jordan Wood and social worker Paige Loud were competing for the chance to succeed U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine.
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Bobby Charles surges to the top of Republican governor primary
Charles looked close to pulling off a wire-to-wire victory Tuesday.
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Maine Democrats largely stand by Graham Platner amid D.C. worries
It’s full steam ahead for Platner after a week of scandalous stories.
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‘You have my back’: Graham Platner stays the course at Bar Harbor rally
The embattled U.S. Senate candidate spoke to a supportive crowd of hundreds at a Friday night event that also featured other Maine Democrats and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
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Ex-girlfriend at the center of Graham Platner’s latest scandal says she was ‘set up.’ He says she’s a political operative.
Lyndsey Fifield made the most explosive claims about Platner in Thursday’s New York Times story.