I can’t believe that Hannah Pingree won the Democratic primary for governor in Maine. Don’t Democratic people realize that Pingree worked for Gov. Janet Mills, who ruined Maine? Maine schools ranked 43rd in the country because students are failing in math and reading. Hospitals are failing because of the lack of doctors. Medicare is down […]
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Bobby Charles is not the governor Maine needs | Opinion
The Republican nominee for governor would move our state in the wrong direction at exactly the wrong time.
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‘We’ is a better path forward than ‘us vs. them.’ Enter Rick Bennett. | Letter
I write inspired by Graham Platner’s ad, “Which side are you on?” The ad is seductive, powerful and well executed. Yet it offers a false choice — one that positions elections as “us vs. them” instead of “we.” It plays to today’s partisan echo chambers — the zero-sum game mentality; your loss is my win. […]
Posted inElections, News, Politics
Bobby Charles holds lead to win Republican primary for governor after RCV runoff
The Leeds resident and former official in the federal government was declared the winner Friday after 1:30 a.m.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
What it’s like to wait in person for Maine’s election results
Watching elections officials reconcile ranked-choice ballots is partway between tuning into a cooking demonstration and watching paint dry.
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Maine expects to announce winners in ranked-choice runoffs on Thursday
The process is being used to determine the winners in both gubernatorial races, and the Democratic primary in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
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Maine Democrats buoyed by voter turnout — a troubling sign for Republicans
With 93% of the ballots counted, Democrats cast roughly 68,000 more votes than in 2018, with independents joining them by a 3-to-1 margin.
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Extremely close Maine Democratic governor primary headed to ranked-choice runoff
Troy Jackson and Nirav Shah traded tenuous early leads, but numerous candidates are still competitive.
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Bobby Charles surges to the top of Republican governor primary
Charles looked close to pulling off a wire-to-wire victory Tuesday.
