People wait in a long line at City Hall before voting on Oct. 31, the final day for early voting.
Jaynee Brooks-Robinson carries a stack of absentee ballots during processing at Windham Town Hall on Oct. 31.
Developer Amy Cullen speaks during a Harris campaign event in front of a housing project on Douglass St. in Portland on Sept. 5.
Joe Falcone, left, and Ileen DaPonte cast their ballots in the State of Maine room at Portland City Hall on Monday, Oct. 7.
A voter casts a ballot at Windham Town Hall.
A Trump sign stands at the edge of a field in Durham in August.
Stephanie O'Brien and Madelyn Connor, right, read sample ballots while waiting in a long line to vote on Oct. 31. Connor, 21, traveled home from Bentley College in Massachusetts to vote.
Ethan Alcorn, independent candidate for the 1st Congressional District, waves the flag from on the top of his campaign vehicle while campaigning in Portland on the I-295 overpass on Deering Ave. at rush hour on Oct. 11.
Rep. Chellie Pingree poses with Rep. Traci Gere, D-House District 134, after the opening celebration of Stroudwater Apartments, a new 55-plus apartment building in Westbrook, on Oct. 4.
Ronald Russell, the Republican candidate running against Chellie Pingree in Maine's 1st Congressional District, leaves Cornish Town Hall on his way to another campaign event on Sept. 26.
Independent candidate Ethan Alcorn, left and Republican candidate Ronald Russell, listen to Rep. Chellie Pingree during the 1st Congressional District debate at News Center Maine on Oct. 17.
Gwen Walz, wife of Democratic Vice President candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, campaigns in Portland on Friday, Sept. 13.
Supporters hold up handmade signs as Gwen Walz, wife of Democratic Vice President candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, campaigns in Portland on Friday, Sept. 13.
Austin Theriault, a first-term Republican state lawmaker from Fort Kent, and Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District. Arrives in Portland to debate opponent Jared Golden on Oct. 3.
Congressman Jared Golden, the incumbent Democrat of Maine’s second Congressional District, at home in Lewiston on Oct. 3.
Sally Babb processes absentee ballots at Windham Town Hall.
Ana Hicks canvasses in Brunswick on Aug. 10. “I love canvassing, but I hate doing phones calls,” Hicks said. “I love talking to people about candidates I’m excited about in person.”
David Costello, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, talks with Grace Jameson of Saco on Main Street in Saco on Oct. 3.
Volunteers listen to staff instructions for door knocking at Sen. Angus King’s Portland campaign office on Oct. 5.
People wait in a long line at Portland City Hall on Oct. 31, the last day of early voting.
Susan Taylor, 66, has been a librarian at the Edythe Dyer Community Library for 30 years. She thinks Hampden's social structure has changed to the point where the community's sense of connectedness has eroded, and politics has played a role.
Brent Williams, 65, gets a haircut from Miranda Burrows at Ray's Barber Shop in Berwick. His opposition to abortion is one reason he is supporting former President Trump.
Susan Hathaway, 64, is town clerk in The Forks. In 2020, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump tied 18-18 in this tiny Somerset County town. Hathaway, who is reluctantly planning to vote for Trump, said the election will be staffed by her, plus a registered Republican and a registered Democrat to make certain that “all the ducks are in a row.”
Gov. Janet Mills speaks at a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris before the keynote speaker, former President Bill Clinton, in Portland on Nov. 1.
Former President Bill Clinton rallied a crowd of hundreds at Thompson's Point in Portland on Nov. 1 on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Former President Bill Clinton visits Portland on Nov. 1 to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Political signs, including two handmade ones, adorn the public right of way along the Eastern Promenade in Portland.
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