The owners of Stars and Stripes Brewery say they did not know an event scheduled at their business Wednesday was for the president’s reelection campaign.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Lisbon’s Dale Crafts wins Republican congressional primary
President Donald Trump told candidate he’s coming to Maine to campaign with Crafts.
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He’s back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls
The president hasn’t appeared behind the podium to address the pandemic since late April.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
State plans to finish ranked-choice voting count in congressional primary on Tuesday
An outside group that analyzed election numbers says Dale Crafts of Lisbon likely got 58% of the Republican primary votes in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
In Trump’s telling, Biden goes from ‘Sleepy Joe’ to destroyer of ‘American way of life’
It’s the latest effort by the president’s advisers to shift the conversation from rising coronavirus cases and deteriorating public support for the pandemic response.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer and says she has no plans to retire.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Trump’s trouble in metro areas, suburbs makes Ohio suddenly competitive
The campaign is budgeting $18.4 million in TV ads in the state for this fall, second only to Florida.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Trump, Biden running a close money race in Maine
Both President Trump and Joe Biden have raised more than $400,000 from Maine donors, although the former vice president has done it faster since securing the Democratic nomination.
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Maine begins counting ranked-choice ballots in GOP primary for U.S. House seat
Maine election officials say they’ve begun determining the winner of a Republican primary for a U.S. House of Representatives seat using ranked-choice voting
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Biden endorses Gideon in Maine’s U.S. Senate race
The former vice president and current presidential candidate served for years in the Senate with Republican Sen. Susan Collins.