In an unusual response, the U.S. Senate campaign of Sara Gideon denounces claims that she did little as Maine House speaker when a Democratic lawmaker was accused of sexual misconduct.
Maine Republican Party
Party voters to choose nominees in 34 State House races
Republican voters will have to settle 9 State House primary races on July 14, while Democrats will select 25 nominees, including 7 races with 3 candidates each.
Democrats take lead in voter registrations in Maine
The Maine Democratic Party has added more than 40,000 new voters to its ranks since 2016 and now have a more than 90,000-voter edge over their Republican rivals.
Ranked-choice opponents file signatures to try to repeal Maine’s law
A campaign funded largely by the GOP submitted petitions with 72,000 voter signatures in an attempt to prevent ranked-choice voting from being used in presidential elections in Maine.
Amid pandemic, GOP gathers signatures to kill ranked-choice voting
The Maine Republican Party says it is close to obtaining the signatures it needs on petitions to prevent the use of ranked-choice voting in the November presidential election.
Jim Fossel: Complex politics behind statewide corridor vote
Democrats and Republicans haven’t clearly split along party lines on a referendum aimed at blocking a western Maine power project.
Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills should work with Maine Republicans on economy
In times of crisis, leaders need to bring people together, not drive division.
Jim Fossel: Maine Legislature still has a lot of work to do
Current rates of spending won’t be sustainable, and lawmakers will have to come back to work before the 2020 election.
Maine Republicans to continue petition drive to block ranked-choice voting
The party says it will conduct drive-thru events with single-use pens and hand sanitizer as it tries to prevent the method from being used in the November presidential election.
Party caucuses are alive despite Maine’s switch to primaries
Democrats and Republicans will gather Sunday to fill out local committees, pull in volunteers, hear from candidates and elect delegates to the state conventions.