Adrienne Bennett and Dale Crafts, challenging Brakey in Maine congressional primary, tie him to a Republican congressman Trump said should be thrown out of the GOP.
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Eric Brakey denounces $2.2 trillion relief bill as a ‘rotten deal for the American people’
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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Democrat Ross LaJeunesse ends Senate campaign, endorses Gideon
The Biddeford resident cites the coronavirus pandemic as a factor in preventing him from running the type of campaign he had planned.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Senate passes $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package on unanimous vote
The chamber stayed in session late Wednesday night in anticipation of passing the bill after days of delays. The House is expected to pass it on Friday.
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Talks on $2 trillion bill to ease economic pain from virus drag on
Sticking points remained as negotiations went late into the night.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine Republicans to continue petition drive to block ranked-choice voting
The party says it will conduct drive-thru events with single-use pens and hand sanitizer as it tries to prevent the method from being used in the November presidential election.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the Senate passed a bill to provide a 77-day extension of certain authorities for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
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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Trump angrily defends his handling of coronavirus pandemic
The president spent much of Friday’s news briefing in a fury, sparring with reporters he deemed overly critical of the response.
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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.