When the integrity of an electoral count is questioned, these are the people who are being called dishonest. This takes me aback, because poll workers are cautious.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Colby Polling Initiative: How we missed Maine’s independent spirit
We undercounted the number of voters uniquely poised to choose a senator and a president of opposing parties.
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Noah Smith: Biden will need to get creative to save the economy
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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Commentary: Election reveals there is space for a third political party
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
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Jim Fossel: Money fails to win Gideon a Senate seat in Maine
Tuesday shows, once again, that voters favor moderates with strong ties to the state and an identity outside of their party affiliation.
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Bill Nemitz: The ‘County girl’ versus the woman ‘from away’
To our detriment, birthplace played a powerful role in Maine’s U.S. Senate race.
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What is it like to have COVID-19? One reporter’s diary, from mild symptoms to a brush with death
A former Press Herald reporter details his experience with the virus.
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The Maine Millennial: Re-election numbers have lessons for Susan Collins
She should take to heart the fact that 49% of the votes cast Tuesday were for someone else and become a true moderate.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine needs a public defender service
As attention is focused on the harm done in the name of criminal justice, now is the time to make this change.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Maine Democrats will start soul searching
The election offers no clarity in the battle between moderates and progressives for the party’s soul.