Here’s a look at the men and women battling to replace Gov. LePage in this year’s race.
Election 2018
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Money from outside groups pours into Maine State House campaigns
An intensifying political climate is among several factors fueling exponentially higher spending rates than in recent midterm elections.
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Dollars from donors: PAC spending in Maine’s 2018 gubernatorial and State House races
As of Oct. 29, political action committees and party committees had spent over $10 million to influence the governor’s race, plus over $2.4 million more to influence Maine’s State House contests.
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South Portland Republican running for House has criminal history
The Maine Democratic Party issues a release that reveals Christopher J. Hoy’s misdemeanor convictions and calls on Republican leaders to urge him to withdraw from the District 33 race.
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In first public forum, candidates for Maine governor offer solutions to labor shortage
Shawn Moody, Janet Mills, Alan Caron and Terry Hayes have varying ideas for attracting and keeping young workers, in the face of a booming economy and record low unemployment.
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul visits Maine to stump for Republican Eric Brakey
Brakey, a two-term state senator, is challenging independent U.S. Sen. Angus King.
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State Senate candidate under fire for social media posts called racist, homophobic
Republican Rich Donaldson of Georgetown, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Eloise Vitelli, shared images and jokes that mocked Mexicans, gays and prominent Democrats in 2016.
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Democratic super PAC spends almost $500,000 to back Janet Mills for governor
The nationally funded group uses a new social media tactic to build an audience with clickbait content.
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Gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron begins statewide campaign road trip
The independent says he plans to visit every city and town in Maine before Election Day.
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Mills makes leadership change in gubernatorial campaign
With two months left until Election Day, Democrat Janet Mills replaces campaign manager Michael Ambler with veteran political operative Jeremy Kennedy.