Democrats are trying to frame the race for the White House as a referendum on his handling of the worst U.S. public health crisis in over a century.
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Augusta using election grant money to extend hours, create promotional videos, hire poll workers
Augusta City Center and Cony High School, two of the city’s four polling places, will be closed to all nonelection business on Nov. 3.
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Record avalanche of early votes nationwide transforms election
There have been extraordinary lines and hourslong wait times in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina as they’ve opened in-person early voting.
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How do I fill out my ranked-choice ballot?
Here’s what you need to know about ranked-choice voting, which only Maine will use in the presidential election.
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Gideon raked in $39 million for Senate race in last 3 months
The Democratic candidate raised nearly five times as much as the $8 million contributed to Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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Collins, Gideon clash over Trump, health care in heated debate
It was the third debate for Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Democrat Sara Gideon, and independents Max Linn and Lisa Savage in Maine’s closely watched Senate race.
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Trump and Biden go at it – from a distance – in dueling town halls
Biden denounces the White House’s handling of the pandemic while the president insists that the nation is turning the corner on the virus, even as his own battle with the disease takes center stage.
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First debate between U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, challenger Dale Crafts a civil event
Maine’s 2nd District congressional candidates sparred gently in a televised exchange, agreed on the need to end partisan warfare but disagreed on health care.
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‘Trump House’ in Lewiston becoming a big draw
At Brandon Gordon’s Pond Road home, there is no mistaking which presidential candidate he prefers.
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Another poll shows Gideon leading Collins in Senate race
The poll by Portland-based Pan Atlantic Research gave Gideon a 7 percentage-point lead over the incumbent as the race heads into its final weeks.