Eric Brakey is alone among the three Republicans in Maine’s 2nd District congressional primary in rejecting the compromise bill that won unanimous backing in the U.S. Senate.
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Republican congressional contenders clash over appropriate campaigning during emergency
Adrienne Bennett accused Eric Brakey of putting elderly and sick at risk from COVID-19 by knocking on doors in a bid to gain more 2nd District votes.
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Joe Biden, nominee-in-waiting. And waiting. And waiting.
Despite holding a near-insurmountable delegate lead, the presumptive Democratic nominee is confined to his home like all the rest of us.
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Follow the Money: See what Mainers are donating to the presidential candidates
Click on the arrows to see each candidate’s donations.
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With Trump their only choice, more Maine Republicans than usual left ballots blank
An analysis of Tuesday’s voting in the state’s largest towns shows that 1 in 5 of the party’s primary voters left the president’s oval blank or wrote in another name.
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Another poll shows Gideon leading Collins in potential Senate match-up
The survey by the left-leaning firm Public Policy Polling also shows President Trump trailing both Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders among likely Maine voters.
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Biden, Sanders crossed old political boundaries in Maine’s Democratic primary
Voting results defied conventional geographic and demographic divisions among the state’s Democrats, who reacted to a winnowing of the field in recent days.
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Senate hopeful says she has enough signatures to get on Maine ballot
Lisa Savage, who left the Maine Green Independent Party to make it easier for her to get on the November ballot, now has enough petition signatures, her campaigns says.
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Biden and Sanders in close primary battle as count goes into Wednesday
Turnout was heavy for Maine’s first presidential primary in 20 years, and with 78% of polling places counted, Biden leads Sanders by about 1,350 votes.