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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World
Election could stoke U.S. marijuana market, sway Congress
New Jersey, South Dakota, Arizona and Montana have ballot measures calling for the legalization of recreational use.
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Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Trump courts Maine voters in 2nd District campaign stop
Throngs of supporters attended the event in Levant; some wore masks, but most did not, and neither did the president.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
Maine Democrats blast Trump ahead of 2nd District visit
Gov. Janet Mills, House Speaker Sara Gideon and Attorney General Aaron Frey hold a rally in Bangor before the president’s visit to an orchard in Levant.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Political mail piling up across Maine in unusual election year
Campaign mailers, many of them negative, are increasingly popular as the COVID-19 pandemic limits door-knocking and huge sums of money flood into Maine from out of state.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Michael Jay Newman to serve as a judge on the U.S. district court for the southern district of Ohio.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Can Susan Collins avoid the fate of a legendary Maine senator?
Mainers refused a fifth term to Margaret Chase Smith, the only lawmaker until Collins who’s sought one since voters began electing senators more than a century ago.
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Maine’s historic ranked vote could play big role in election
The method appears on ballots in a presidential race for the first time in U.S. history this fall.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Pelosi, Mnuchin trade blame as hopes dim for stimulus before election
With the talks slogging on, the Republican-controlled Senate is set to leave town on Monday.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Harry Reid says Biden should end Senate filibuster after three weeks
The former Senate leader says if Democrats win the presidency and the Senate, only a short test of bipartisanship is warranted.