Voting is steady as Mainers head to the polls to have their say on a 145-mile power line to serve as a conduit for Canadian hydropower and a constitutional amendment to enshrine residents’ right to grow, raise, harvest and produce their own food.
Politics
Political news and information from the Sun Journal.
Statewide and town-by-town results for Election 2021
Real-time statewide results from the 2021 election. Use the navigation below to view map to view town-by-town results for Question 1, or search for towns in the field below. Polls close at 8 p.m.
Election stories from Tuesday night
Stories about how candidates and issues fared at the polls.
Maine voters weigh in on big issues: Electricity, roads, food
In Portland, residents also will vote on a referendum that would limit the size of future homeless shelters.
Tight Virginia governor’s race will have repercussions
Republican Glenn Youngkin walks a fine line embracing Donald Trump; Democrat Terry McAuliffe is trying relentlessly to tie his rivalto the former president.
Gideon campaign still sitting on $10 million from 2020 bid for U.S. Senate
Whether the former Maine House speaker will hold on to the remaining funds for a future campaign or give more money to charities or other political campaigns remains unknown.
Where to vote Tuesday in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties
Communities within the Sun Journal’s coverage area will be voting Tuesday in the following locations.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican Trump critic, won’t seek re-election
The announcement came hours after Democrats in Illinois approved new congressional district maps that put Kinzinger in the same district as GOP Rep. Darin LaHood, a strong supporter of the former president.
Pingree and King tentatively support $1.8 trillion Build Back Better bill; Golden awaits final details
The measure, which cuts the president’s signature social and climate investment package nearly in half, is expected to be opposed by all Senate Republicans, including Susan Collins.
Sen. Collins extends her streak to 8,000 straight votes
Maine’s Republican senator has never missed a roll call vote, dating back to 1997.