Republican Dale Crafts conceded in a call to Golden mid-day Wednesday.
Politics
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Updates: Biden wins Michigan, nears 270 electoral votes
Updates on the presidential campaign.
Biden wins Maine, but Trump picks up electoral vote in the 2nd Congressional District
Biden won the 1st Congressional District and the statewide tally, good for 3 electoral votes.
Signature campaign underway to require citizenship to vote in Maine
A wealthy Wisconsin conservative is funding a push by organizers for a ballot question next fall.
Susan Collins wins 5th Senate term as Sara Gideon concedes
Collins won the election not only by capturing clear majorities in hundreds of Maine’s more conservative, rural communities, but she also appeared to eat into Gideon’s margins of victory in traditional Democratic strongholds.
Democrats retain control of the Maine Legislature
While the balance of power in the House shifted slightly to the right, incomplete returns suggest Democrats will gain one seat in the Senate and remain in control of the Legislature for the next two years.
Trump falsely claims victory, seeks to stop ‘all voting’ — but only counting remains
President Trump says he’ll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it’s unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Election Day, and states largely set the rules for when the count has to end.
Analysis: All eyes are on Maine’s 2nd District
The White House may hinge on whether Donald Trump won voters in rural Maine
Duguay wins reelection to Oxford County Commission
Former Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole conceded the race Wednesday morning.
Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states
Races remained too close to call early Wednesday in the contested states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.