Vowing that “nobody will be able to tell me how to vote but the people of Maine,” former Gov. Angus King Jr. announced Monday night that he will run for the U.S. Senate. After giving a previously scheduled lecture at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, his hometown, King made the much-anticipated announcement that he will be […]

Angus King’s independent candidacy is a plus, some observers say, but others believe it could contribute to a GOP win.

WASHINGTON — As Maine goes, so might the U.S. Senate majority.

A national group fears Democrats could lose his 2nd District seat if he runs to replace Olympia Snowe, sources say, amid another busy day of political positioning.

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, who has represented Maine in Congress since 1978, says she no longer wants to serve in an increasingly partisan Senate and won’t run for re-election.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe said Tuesday that she won’t run for re-election this fall, drawing the curtain on a storied Maine political career and delivering a blow to national Republican hopes to retake a U.S. Senate majority.