The Democratic challenger has a 5-point lead over the longtime Republican incumbent in a poll of 500 likely Maine voters released Tuesday by the Bangor Daily News.
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Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his running mate
The senator from California will be the first Black woman and Asian American woman on a major party ticket.
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Voting in five states opens with no wait times, smooth ballot processing
The contests in Georgia, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Vermont were also expected to draw lower turnout.
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McConnell’s fight for a liability shield is a key hitch as talks stall
McConnell and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday exchanged blame but no new ideas on breaking the deadlock.
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Gov. Mills says Trump executive action on jobless aid vague, insufficient
The action would make states pay for one-quarter of the $400-per-week enhanced jobless benefit, but it is unclear how the program would be implemented.
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Trump, Mnuchin try to pressure Democrats back into negotiations on economic relief talks
Despite the rhetoric – and a claim by Trump on Sunday that the Democrats had called him – there has been no communication between the two sides since two weeks of fruitless talks collapsed on Friday.
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Democrats maintain large lead in voter registration in Maine
Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.
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Maine faces numerous hurdles in coming race to vaccinate for COVID-19
Success in a mass-inoculation effort to achieve herd immunity depends on communicating its efficacy and overcoming ‘vaccine hesitancy.’
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Ballot delivery not an ‘acute’ concern for Maine’s top election official
Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.
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Gideon unveils climate policies in her bid for U.S. Senate
The Democrat’s climate agenda includes supporting the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and requiring electric utilities to obtain some energy from renewable sources.