As Susan Collins and Sara Gideon scrap for votes, the margin of victory in Greater Portland towns could decide the election.
Sen. Susan Collins
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Susan Collins is one of the Senate’s last mavericks
Collins is one of the few senators willing to buck her party when it’s in the interest of people back home.
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, Local Elections, Nation & World, News, Politics, Uncategorized
How do Maine’s voting machines work? Can they be hacked?
Here’s what you need to know about the technology that Maine uses to count votes on Election Day.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Collins’ 2017 tax vote started the slide
Support for a giveaway to the rich changed the way some Collins supporters viewed their senator.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Trump attacks Collins over expected vote on Supreme Court nominee
The president declares that Maine’s senior senator, a fellow Republican fighting for her political life, is ‘not worth the work.’
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
Another poll shows Gideon leading Collins in Senate race
The poll by Portland-based Pan Atlantic Research gave Gideon a 7 percentage-point lead over the incumbent as the race heads into its final weeks.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State
Council representing BIW unions calls Collins to remove political ad about Bath shipyard strike
The Maine State Council of Machinists rejects a statement from a BIW employee that Collins “got us back to work,” instead arguing Collins did not respond to the union’s calls for help during the strike.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Puritan, Cianbro to build second COVID-19 swab factory in Pittsfield
About 200 jobs will be created as a result of $51.2 million in CARES Act funding that will enable Puritan Medical Products of Guilford to develop a second facility in Pittsfield, expanding production of medical-testing swabs.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our Endorsement: Time for change in U.S. Senate
The Editorial Board endorses Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon to be Maine’s next senator.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Sen. Collins says she’s still working on coronavirus relief package
Maine’s senior senator called it a ‘huge mistake’ for the president to end negotiations on a relief package, but her election opponent says Collins has been ineffective.