Matt Dunlap argued that the Trump administration illegally withheld emails pertaining to membership of the controversial Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
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Two Somali politicians find inspiration in each other’s success
Controversial U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, talked Friday with incoming Lewiston City Council member Safiya Khalid after a political rally in New Hampshire.
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How surviving a rape at age 15 helped spur Bre Kidman to run for US Senate
A terrible night in Finland in 2003 left the Saco lawyer determined to fight for justice after seeing Brett Kavanaugh win a U.S. Supreme Court seat.
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Republican congressional challengers in Maine’s 2nd District oppose CMP project
The three, who hope to unseat Democrat Jared Golden next year, are against the power company’s $1 billion plan for a new transmission line from Quebec to Lewiston.
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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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Trump campaign won’t allow Bloomberg reporters at events
The news follows Bloomberg News editor’s announcement that the organization would not investigate their own boss or other Democratic candidates.
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Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid
The billionaire Democrat announced his candidacy Sunday.
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Experts: Maine’s 2nd District races are the most competitive, and potentially crucial, in the 2020 election
In the far northeast of the country, Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is a place with long stretches of empty highway, trees beyond measure and lots of rocky coastline with unbeatable scenery. It is also a political hot spot unparalleled in America. No other congressional district has such close races in 2020 for the House and […]
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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.
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Gov. Bevin concedes to Beshear in Kentucky governor’s race
Bevin, an ally of President Donald Trump, made the announcement the same day election officials across Kentucky double-checked vote totals at his request.