The four top contenders for the Blaine House agree that immigrants should become citizens before they are given the right to vote, even if only in municipal elections.
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Maine candidates divided on what to do in wake of Cohen plea deal
Rep. Pingree calls for a vote on legislation to protect the Mueller investigation.
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Will Maine referendum on home care penalize married couples?
Analysts disagree on whether the ballot measure to fund home care would create a ‘marriage penalty’ for couples filing joint income tax returns.
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Conservative group’s study suggests cash from outside has too much influence on state referendums
The Maine Heritage Policy Center finds that 71 percent of money spent for or against passage was contributed by out-of-staters.
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Poll suggests that gender turnout will play a key role in Maine’s race for governor
A new Suffolk University poll, which shows a dead heat between Democrat Janet Mills and Republican Shawn Moody, found that female voters strongly prefer Mills over Moody, while male voters take the opposite position and back Moody over Mills.
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Instead of tax cuts, Republican candidates motivate with anxiety
Republican strategists wish that tax cuts ‘got the pitch forks out’ but they don’t seem to move voters.
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Poll shows 2018 race for Maine governor a virtual dead heat between Moody and Mills
Incumbent Angus King appears to hold a commanding lead in the Senate race, and health care emerges as the chief concern among the 500 Maine voters surveyed by a Boston university.
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Trump tweets endorsement of Kobach in Kansas governor’s race
Kris Kobach headed a presidential commission on voter fraud that Maine’s secretary of state criticized for endorsing the idea of widespread voter fraud, without evidence.
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Independent Clean Elections gubernatorial candidate Terry Hayes stumps in Waterville
The state treasurer and former three-term state representative said she would work to change the tone of state government if elected.
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Obama’s ‘first wave’ of endorsements for midterm elections includes 3 Maine Senate candidates
The former president tips his hat to Democrats Louis Luchini, Linda Sanborn and Laura Fortman.