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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Inside the dizzying 3 days that remade the Democratic primary
The win of former Vice President Joe Biden in the South Carolina Democratic primary set off a cascade of events that carried him to a consolidation of support for Super Tuesday.
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CMP private investigator tailed anti-corridor petitioners
Opponents of a proposed transmission line accuse a PAC funded by the utility of conducting an ‘outrageous intimidation campaign,’ but Clean Energy Matters contends that petition-drive workers violated state law.
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Maine Senate advances oil tank emissions bill
The legislation would direct the DEP to find the best ways to measure and control odors and other air emissions from petroleum storage facilities.
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House passes bill to include liquefied propane in Dig Safe laws
The Senate is expected to take it up for final time next week.
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Schumer: I ‘shouldn’t have used the words I did’ about 2 justices
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he was referring to political consequences, not physical threats, when he said 2 Supreme Court justices would ‘pay the price’ for their decisions on an abortion case now before the court.
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
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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Warren ends 2020 presidential bid after Super Tuesday rout
Disappointed in her Super Tuesday finish, the Massachusetts senator dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Thursday.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
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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Bill aimed at reducing number of youths held at Long Creek gets mixed reviews
Lawmakers hear from proponents of reform and those who say the measure doesn’t go far enough to close down the state’s problematic detention center in South Portland.