Despite making a stronger challenge to Poliquin than anticipated, Liz Caruso said late Tuesday she had phoned Poliquin to concede — and promised to get behind him.
Steve Collins
Columnist
Steve Collins became an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News in April of 2025. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.
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Bruce Poliquin on the ballot for first time since 2018 in Tuesday’s congressional primary
Liz Caruso of Caratunk hopes to beat the odds and defeat Poliquin to become the Republican candidate in Maine’s 2nd District
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Republican congressional primary suddenly turns red hot
Liz Caruso and Bruce Poliquin clash as June 14 primary approaches in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
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Tiffany Bond gains spot on congressional ballot in Maine’s 2nd District
Bond’s entry into the race eliminates the prospect of a one-on-one contest between Jared Golden and Bruce Poliquin.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
Putting COVID-19 behind, Bates College holds traditional graduation
Commencement speaker Dr. Nirav Shah, who is leading Maine’s effort to thwart COVID-19, advises graduates to try to “be someone.”
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Putting COVID-19 behind, Bates College holds traditional graduation
Commencement speaker Dr. Nirav Shah, who is leading Maine’s effort to thwart COVID-19, advises graduates to try to “be someone.”
Posted inLocal & State
Democrats ahead in congressional and gubernatorial races, new poll finds
Janet Mills, Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree all ahead in their reelection bids, the bipartisan poll found
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Bates researcher says some policies would reduce mass shootings
Michael Rocque said requiring permits to buy a gun and banning large-capacity magazines for guns would save lives.
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Republican congressional candidates differ on whether U.S. should aid Ukraine
In Maine’s 2nd District, primary contender Bruce Poliquin says yes to aid; Liz Caruso says no
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‘A very difficult day’: St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center to end maternity services
The hospital cites declining birth rates as part of the reason for ending its women’s health services at the end of July.