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Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles are their party’s nominees for governor. Ranked-choice voting continues to frustrate Republicans after this week’s process dragged on until 2 a.m. Friday.
We break down 3 of the key primaries decided Friday morning after multiple rounds of runoffs.
Dunlap will face the Republican nominee, former Gov. Paul LePage, in November for the chance to succeed U.S. Rep. Jared Golden.
The Leeds resident and former official in the federal government was declared the winner Friday after 1:30 a.m.
Pingree will compete against Republican nominee Bobby Charles and independent Rick Bennett to succeed Gov. Janet Mills in November.
Watching elections officials reconcile ranked-choice ballots is partway between tuning into a cooking demonstration and watching paint dry.
Outcomes arrived after 1:40 a.m. in both gubernatorial primaries, the Democratic primary for the 2nd Congressional District, and 2 legislative races.
Read more stories and connect with our State House bureau chief.
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Sen. Angus King blasted the agreement as ‘a terrible deal,’ while Sen. Susan Collins said it ‘raises a lot of questions.”
Defense spending bills advanced by U.S. Senate and House subcommittees would prevent offshore production of warships and add another DDG-51 destroyer like those produced at Bath Iron Works.
While many states share election results online on election night, Maine and a handful of others do not have statewide online reporting.
The process is being used to determine the winners in both gubernatorial races, and the Democratic primary in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
Prison policies have been scrutinized in the wake of 4 female inmates suing the state, alleging sexual harassment and assault by a transgender prisoner.
Maine’s congressional delegation stayed fairly tight-lipped about their preferences in key primary races.
The weekslong celebration on the National Mall in Washington D.C. will be headlined by a speech from President Trump, who admonished artists for dropping out of the event over its politicized nature.
The secretary of state announced Tuesday that the additional races will be included in the dayslong process to determine the final outcomes in Maine’s primary races.
Maine’s senior senator said she disagrees with his Dobbs decisions and pointed to her support of three left-leaning justices who opposed ending national reproductive rights.
Graham Platner and Susan Collins are spending millions going after one another 5 months before one of the most critical elections in the country.
The Maine Department of the Secretary of State began what is expected to be a dayslong process to generate final outcomes in both Maine’s gubernatorial primaries and the Democratic primary in the 2nd District.
The list comes from a Maine Monitor analysis of Federal Election Commission campaign finance data.
The level of billionaire funding shows how the race, which could decide control of the U.S. Senate, has drawn interest and funding from some of the wealthiest people in the world.
Graham Platner has sought to distance himself from Sen. John Fetterman, a harsh critic who won in Pennsylvania with a similar blue-collar image before becoming a pariah among Democrats.
Democrats are seeking to keep their majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, though Republicans will push hard to flip the House.
Shenna Bellows said last month the initiative could not appear on the November ballot because the petition fell short of the number of required signatures by about 500. A Superior Court judge on Thursday agreed, but the petitioners plan to appeal.
With 93% of the ballots counted, Democrats cast roughly 68,000 more votes than in 2018, with independents joining them by a 3-to-1 margin.
State Sen. Joe Baldacci, D-Bangor, holds a narrow lead in the first round of ranked-choice voting.
Voters said yes to all but 4 of the town budget articles during the annual referendum June 9.
Both gubernatorial primaries and the Democratic primary in Maine’s 2nd District will go to runoffs. How will the candidates’ strategies and alliances play out?
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