Gov. Janet Mills, House Speaker Sara Gideon and Attorney General Aaron Frey hold a rally in Bangor before the president’s visit to an orchard in Levant.
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Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
Trump to visit Bangor on Sunday
The event has triggered a planned Democratic rally before Trump’s scheduled arrival in Bangor Sunday afternoon.
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Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Politics
Political mail piling up across Maine in unusual election year
Campaign mailers, many of them negative, are increasingly popular as the COVID-19 pandemic limits door-knocking and huge sums of money flood into Maine from out of state.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Politics
Can Susan Collins avoid the fate of a legendary Maine senator?
Mainers refused a fifth term to Margaret Chase Smith, the only lawmaker until Collins who’s sought one since voters began electing senators more than a century ago.
Posted inPerspective, Politics
The Electoral College benefits whiter states
With a Supreme Court ruling rejecting one of the founders’ two reasons for creating the Electoral College, only one reason remains: racism.
Posted inPerspective, Politics
Liberals should not push for an end to the electoral college
Like big states, mobs get their energy by pushing themselves on much smaller opponents.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Pelosi, Mnuchin trade blame as hopes dim for stimulus before election
With the talks slogging on, the Republican-controlled Senate is set to leave town on Monday.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Harry Reid says Biden should end Senate filibuster after three weeks
The former Senate leader says if Democrats win the presidency and the Senate, only a short test of bipartisanship is warranted.
Posted inNation / World, Politics, Uncategorized
Mispronouncing ‘Kamala’: An accident or a message?
Harris told a North Carolina television station this week that it’s ‘predictable, childish behavior, and no, I do not pay attention to it.’
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics
The Needle goes away as probability experts assess 2020 race
Probability estimates for the 2020 U.S. presidential election are still being made, but one fixture of the 2016 cycle won’t make a return.