Real time town-by-town voting results in the March 3 Democratic primary. The color of each town indicates the vote leader. Hover over towns to see the full breakdowns or search for town results in the field below. View complete election results here. Visit this map to view town-by-town results for the Question 1 referendum. Statewide […]
Elections 2014
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Mainers to cast ballots in Super Tuesday presidential primaries, vaccinations referendum
Maine is one of 14 states participating in the Super Tuesday primaries but has received relatively little attention from candidates aside from campaign advertising.
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Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Portland asks court to dismiss lawsuit challenging rejection of clean election initiative
The dispute is over whether a clean elections program can be decided by referendum, or whether the question must go to a charter commission.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Most ethics complaints from Portland’s bruising mayoral race are dropped
Unite Portland, a political action committee that opposed Ethan Strimling’s re-election as mayor, is still expecting to pay fines for being late to file independent expenditure reports.
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Portland council decides to ask voters whether to expand ranked-choice voting in city elections
The effort to expand ranked-choice voting to all city elections was initially led by Fair Elections Portland, but the group failed to gather enough signatures to put it on the ballot.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Local Elections
Safiya Khalid’s win considered ‘milestone’ for Lewiston
The deep negativity Lewiston’s youngest councilor ever experienced on social media during her campaign was ugly, but she has disavowed the hate and looks forward to representing her constituents.
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Write-in candidate wins South Portland school board seat
Michael Faulkingham, a registered voter and resident of District 2, received the most votes in a race that drew no official candidates.
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On the day after, Portland’s mayor-elect reflects on a win that surprised even herself
Kate Snyder says in a Q&A with the Portland Press Herald that she’s already making plans to meet with city councilors and the city manager to begin the transition to her new full-time job.
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Somali community revels in Safiya Khalid’s victory in Lewiston council race
The 23-year-old, who also is the youngest person elected to the council, says she’s ‘in shock’ over the win and the attention she’s getting.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections, Morning Sentinel
Five incumbents reelected to board of Waterville-based Kennebec Water District
Each of the races was uncontested as Waterville, Fairfield, Winslow and Vassalboro residents returned their representatives to the board of 10.