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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inElection 2024, Politics
Maine voters flood to polls in historic election
Election officials said voting mostly ran smoothly Tuesday, despite long lines and hoax shooting threats at some schools that also served as polling places.
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Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
High turnout leads to slow reporting of results in Maine
Potentially historic voter turnout led to several races that remained too close to call well into Wednesday.
Posted inElection 2024, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
‘Our democracy in action’: High turnout reported as voters across central Maine flock to polls
Poll workers across the region dealt with lines of voters Tuesday, even after heavy absentee voting. ‘We want people to know their vote is safe, and it counts,’ said one official.
Posted inElection 2024, Politics
Republicans pick up seat in West Virginia and block Florida challenge in race toward Senate majority
Vote counting in some races could extend well past Tuesday.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
See the latest election results across the nation as Americans cast their ballots
Control of the U.S. Senate, House and White House are on the line as voters cast their ballots.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
Live statewide and town-by-town votes for the 2024 Maine House
Real-time statewide and town-by-town results from the 2024 Maine State House.
Posted inElection 2024, Politics
Not everything will run perfectly on Election Day. Still, U.S. elections are remarkably reliable
Glitches have always occurred. Yet election workers across have consistently pulled off presidential elections and accurately tallied the results.
Posted inElection 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, Politics
Auburn’s Eric Brakey quits his Maine senate seat so he can vote in New Hampshire
Brakey has long planned to move to the Granite State to run a libertarian group.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Trump and Harris rack up early wins as America awaits battleground results
The closeness of the race and the number of states in play raised the likelihood that once again a victor might not be known on election night.