The moderate Republican wields a key vote and says she won’t make a decision until she has a chance to review Brett Kavanaugh’s paperwork and testimony.
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In primary stunner, progressive ousts Massachusetts Rep. Michael Capuano
With no Republican opponent, Ayanna Pressley is a virtual lock to become the state’s first black woman elected to Congress.
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Critics say LePage’s support for case challenging protections for LGBT workers puts Maine in a bad light
He joins Republicans in arguing that the Civil Rights Act doesn’t bar companies from firing workers for being gay or transgender, but a spokesman says the governor opposes how the protection was granted, not the protection itself.
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Collins recalls greeting troops with McCain in Bangor
In 2010, the Arizona senator and some of their colleagues were stranded overnight there because of bad weather while they were en route to a conference in Nova Scotia.
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Transgender candidate to challenge incumbent for Vermont governor
Republican Gov. Phil Scott will face Christine Hallquist after her historic victory in the Democratic primary.
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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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Giuliani to Portsmouth crowd: Midterms about impeachment
The president’s lawyer comes to N.H. to endorse congressional candidate Eddie Edwards.
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Advocates of in-home care referendum call it fairness; critics call it a scam
Opponents says the ballot measure is more concerned with pushing pro-labor policies than expanding access to care for the elderly and disabled.
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Controversial former legislator Stavros Mendros running for Maine Senate seat
The Republican, who has been at the center of two court cases challenging the validity of signatures gathered for ballot referendums, will challenge incumbent Democrat Justin Chenette for the District 31 seat in York County.
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Kavanaugh may be no threat to Obamacare
The Supreme Court nominee could get to weigh in on the health care statute if the bench takes up a lawsuit brought by 20 states.