Chief Deputy Secretary of State Katherine McBrien says that supporters fell roughly 500 valid signatures short of qualifying for the November ballot.
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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Graham Platner joins small list of Mainers to make Time magazine cover
The Sullivan oyster farmer and U.S. Senate candidate is in rare company when it comes to Mainers who have appeared on the front of the long-running publication.
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Barney Frank, longtime congressman and gay rights pioneer, dies at home in Maine
Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, had moved to Ogunquit, Maine, with his husband last month to enter hospice care.
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2nd District Democrats team up on Baldacci over PAC money
Sen. Joe Baldacci’s opponents wrote a letter asking him to disavow money he received from Project 218.
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How a family restaurant and years of Maine service led Joe Baldacci to run for Congress
Sen. Joe Baldacci, D-Bangor, is pitching himself as a fighter in the 2nd District against both former Gov. Paul LePage and President Donald Trump.
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A ‘new kind of Bush’ wants voters to give him the chance to lead Maine
Jonathan Bush is seeking to become governor after serving for years as a healthcare executive. The big first test is whether his family name will help or hurt him in the June 9 primary.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate asks voters to rank Jonathan Bush 2nd on ballot
Robert Wessels is staying in the race but is also serving as what the Bush campaign called one of its ‘grassroots chairs’ focused on the northern half of Maine.
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Susan Collins declines to say if she supports $1B request for Trump’s ballroom
The president previously said the project would only use private dollars. Sen. Angus King called the spending ‘ridiculous and unnecessary.’
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How a Maine traffic stop led the Trump DOJ to argue against gun rights
The Justice Department is prosecuting Alberto Rebollar Osorio, who is married to a U.S. citizen and was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy in Maine.
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National Democrats back Joe Baldacci in 2nd Congressional District
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is throwing its support behind Baldacci in the crowded primary, the winner of which will face former Gov. Paul LePage.