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So you want to stand out in Maine’s Republican gubernatorial primary? | Steve Collins

It shouldn’t be hard for a candidate to distinguish themselves in this race. And yet.

Recent polling makes me worried that Maine voters are going to see a name they know, maybe even like, and not think twice.

Maine’s junior senator has some serious questions about the Trump administration’s handling of the conflict. So do I.

Paul LePage probably shouldn’t start apartment shopping in D.C. just yet.

The clash between Republican Bobby Charles and Democrat Troy Jackson only occasionally put issues ahead of insults.

When money doesn’t act as a deterrent, what does?

We can’t just assume that the records of preceding generations will exist for our descendants as they have for us.

The state now allows unenrolled voters to sign candidate petitions. It’s a small — and needed — victory for democracy.

His 1864 decision to drop his vice president from the ticket is a regretful one in American history.

Those disputing the allocation of funding donated in response to the 2023 mass shooting are taking a narrow view of how a community begins to heal.

Steve Collins is an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.

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