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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Posted inOpinion, Perspective, Politics
America appears to have passed ‘peak Trump’
The former president’s star appears to be on the wane.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Election 2022, Lewiston-Auburn
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.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News, Politics
Senators ask Federal Trade Commission to probe Twitter security
They also asked Lina Khan, head of the FTC, to take action if needed against Twitter and company executives for “any breaches or business practices that are unfair or deceptive.”
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross nominated by Democrats to be Maine’s first Black House speaker
The progressive lawmaker from Portland still needs to be confirmed by the 151-member House, where Democrats hold a majority with 82 of 151 seats, when it convenes on Dec. 7.
Posted inElection 2022, Nation / World, News, Politics
Nancy Pelosi will step down as top House Democrat after 2 decades in leadership
Pelosi’s ability to keep her caucus in line has led to bipartisan recognition that she alone may be capable of wrangling Democrats’ disparate factions.
Posted inElection 2022, Local & State
Bruce Poliquin accepts defeat, urges Mainers to ‘relax, decompress’
After losing his congressional race, the ex-lawmaker advised Democrats to ‘work with Republicans’ to lower heating costs.
Posted inElection 2022
Completed count shows Rep. Jared Golden won big in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District
In the final ranked-choice voting tally, the Lewiston Democrat emerged with 53% of the vote