While the four agreed on core conservative issues they also found ways to disagree, especially on how to confront Maine’s opioid crisis.
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Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence lends support to ranked-choice voting
The actress has made an ad reminding Mainers that the issue is back on the ballot Tuesday and urging them to vote to keep it.
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LePage endorses Brakey in Republican primary to take on Angus King
The governor had toyed with the idea of challenging the U.S. senator himself, but now says the candidate from Auburn has his full support.
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NRA gives ‘A’ grades to Republicans, flunks Democrats in Maine governor’s race
The influential gun rights group has issued new ratings just a week before the June 12 primaries in a state with a long tradition of gun ownership.
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Mills, Cote clash over guns in final Democratic debate
The seven Democratic candidates for Maine governor take part in a televised event one week before the party primary.
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Max Linn supporters sue to force votes for him to be counted in Republican Senate primary
The Bar Harbor businessman claims Secretary of State Matt Dunlap wrongly used ‘guilt by association’ when he invalidated more than 100 valid voter signatures, preventing him from qualifying for the June 12 primary.
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Democrat Adam Cote, top fundraiser in race for governor, enters homestretch with the most money
The latest reports show the Sanford attorney has raised more than $970,000, while Garrett Mason, a publicly financed candidate, is the top Republican fundraiser, with more than $736,000 in campaign funds, which includes $37,000 in private donations.
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Dollars from donors: See who’s giving to Maine’s 2018 candidates for governor
Search the database to see who’s giving to whom.
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Party unity takes a back seat as candidates for governor air attack ads with primaries drawing near
The perceived frontrunners – Democrat Janet Mills and Republican Shawn Moody – are coming under fire from their competitors as the four Republicans and seven Democrats jockey for position before the voting June 12.
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Campaign finance issue divides Democrats in 2nd District primary
Candidate Lucas St. Clair’s primary opponents and St. Clair himself would like a group with unknown donors to stop trying swing primary voters.