In the first count conducted following Tuesday’s election, Wells won with 190 votes to challengers Cherieann Harrison’s 189 and Evret Greer’s 45.
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Posted inElection 2022, Nation / World, News, Politics
Screams, threats as New Mexico counties certify vote
Certifying elections by typically under-the-radar local commissions, for decades a routine ministerial task, has become politicized.
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Posted inElection 2022, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Republicans say Lewiston key to victories in November
At Friday’s Maine GOP Unity Rally party leaders say things are looking bright for their candidates this year.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Trump advisers tell Jan. 6 panel the plan for Pence to reject electors was ‘nuts’
The pressure Trump put on his vice president, including at a Jan. 6 rally, led directly to the insurrection at the Capitol, the panel said.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Jan. 6 panel probes Trump’s ‘last-ditch’ effort to pressure Pence to reject 2020 election results
The panel is reconvening for a third hearing, plunging into Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral count.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Supreme Court justice’s wife played more extensive role in effort to overturn election, sources say
The emails show that efforts by the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to overturn the election were more extensive than previously known, two of the people said.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Election 2022, News
Mechanic Falls voters OK $3.16 million municipal budget, elect officers
Write-in wins Town Council seat, and three RSU 16 and two Sanitary District positions also filled.
Posted inElection 2022, News, River Valley
Mexico voters approve all budget articles for $3.28 million budget
Peter Merrill, Randall Canwell win Board of Selectmen seats.
Posted inElection 2022, News, River Valley
Rumford voters support 3.5% town budget increase
Write-in candidate Jeffrey Sterling wins RSU 10 race, and two incumbents retain seats on Board of Selectpersons.
Posted inElection 2022, News, River Valley
Peru voters back replacement of 33-year-old fire truck
Daniel Carrier Jr. is elected new fire chief, and the Select Board gets three new members.