Sen. Susan Collins is among 12 Republicans who supported the Respect for Marriage Act bill early on and lobbied her colleagues to support it.
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Jury deliberates for 2nd day in Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition trial
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and 4 associates are accused of a weekslong plot to stop the transfer of power from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden.
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As Maine’s influence in Congress wanes, Sen. Collins holds on to clout
Rep. Chellie Pingree will lose ground next year in a Republican-controlled House, but the Republican senator’s seniority makes her the vice chair of Appropriations, where Democrats will rely on her endorsements.
Posted inElection 2022, Politics
Collins says Republican Party needs to take ‘hard look’ at itself
Maine’s senior senator says the national party needs to be more inclusive and must win over moderates and young people.
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Recounts confirm Election Day winners in 3 state races
Recounts were requested in one Senate and two House races.
Posted inElection 2022, Lewiston-Auburn
Brakey’s win in state Senate race confirmed by recount
After a seven-hour recount by the Secretary of State’s Office on Monday, officials reaffirmed Republican Eric Brakey’s victory in Maine Senate District 20. The recount trimmed 16 votes off Brakey’s tally while adding two votes to the total for Democrat Bettyann Sheats. But Brakey won by a 146-vote margin out of 18,243 votes cast, according […]
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America appears to have passed ‘peak Trump’
The former president’s star appears to be on the wane.
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Recounts slated for two Auburn legislative races and one in Windham
Officials to review ballots in state Senate race between Eric Brakey and Bettyann Sheats.
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AG Merrick Garland names special counsel to lead Trump-related probes
The role will be filled by Jack Smith, a veteran prosecutor who led the Justice Department’s public integrity section in Washington.
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Collins, King upbeat that electoral count reforms will pass during Congress’s lame duck session
The Senate bill, which aims to prevent a repeat of the tactic insurrectionists used on Jan. 6, 2021, gained six more sponsors this week.