WASHINGTON — Republican Senate candidate Scott D’Amboise of Lisbon Falls raised $473,465 last year, a seemingly large sum for a little-known, tea party-affiliated challenger to three-term GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe.

WASHINGTON — Republican Senate candidate Scott D’Amboise of Lisbon Falls raised $473,465 last year, a seemingly large sum for a little-known, tea party-affiliated challenger to three-term GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe.

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney hopes the Maine caucuses that conclude Feb. 11 will be part of a string of victories in February that help convince Republicans he is their inevitable presidential nominee.

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney hopes the Maine caucuses that conclude Feb. 11 will be part of a string of victories in February that help convince Republicans he is their inevitable presidential nominee.

WASHINGTON — The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery could face closure again if the Obama administration wins congressional support for a new round of military base closings.

WASHINGTON — The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery could face closure again if the Obama administration wins congressional support for a new round of military base closings.

WASHINGTON — Republican Patrick Calder, a merchant mariner from Portland and a self-proclaimed “long shot,” is challenging Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree in Maine’s 1st Congressional District.

WASHINGTON — President Obama has nominated William Kayatta Jr. of Cape Elizabeth to fill Maine’s seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, the White House announced Monday.