Both candidates sidestep some difficult questions, in a debate far more respectful than the opening presidential debate eight days earlier.
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Mask mandates, health care key issues in fast-paced 1st Congressional District debate
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, seeking a 7th term in Congress, faces a challenge from conservative Republican Jay Allen.
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Maine Republicans’ appeal on ranked voting
The party’s last-ditch effort would have stopped ranked-choice voting from being used for the first time in Maine’s presidential election.
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Five questions as Pence, Harris prepare for debate
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris meet on the debate stage for the first and only time Wednesday night in Utah.
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Newcomers Brownell, Collamore seek House District 106 seat
Republican Amanda Collamore and Democrat Ethan Brownell are vying for the seat in the Maine House of Representatives that represents Clinton, Detroit and Pittsfield.
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Pietroski, Hasenfus squaring off to represent House District 81
Incumbent State Rep. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, is being term limited out of the seat, which represents part of Monmouth, and all of Readfield and Winthrop.
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Latest poll shows Gideon and Collins neck-and-neck in Senate race
In a poll conducted by the Bangor Daily News and the Portland firm Digital Research, 44% of voters picked the Democratic challenger to 43% for the Republican incumbent
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Florida governor extends voter registration after online system crashes
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is extending the state’s voter registration deadline after heavy traffic crashed the state’s online system and potentially prevented thousands of enrolling to cast ballots in next month’s presidential election
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Trump reports ‘no symptoms,’ returns to downplaying virus
The president, who is still contagious with the coronavirus, tweeted Tuesday that he plans to be at next week’s debate with Democrat Joe Biden in Miami.
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Michelle Obama rips Trump in new video for racism, ‘willful mismanagement’ of pandemic
In the video, released Tuesday by Joe Biden’s campaign, Mrs. Obama notes that more Americans have died from COVID-19 than died in the Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Korean wars combined.