The veteran lawmaker from Lisbon won a three-way primary last month and is challenging first-term incumbent Democrat Jared Golden.
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Trump’s campaign in crisis as aides attempt August reset before time runs out
New television spots will aim to brand Joe Biden as a tool of liberal extremists.
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Negotiators report progress in COVID-19 aid talks
The Trump administration is willing to extend the $600 jobless benefit but is balking at other Democratic demands.
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Foreign threats loom ahead of U.S. presidential election
Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign confirmed this week that it has faced multiple related threats.
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Biden nears final decision on running mate
The leading contenders include California Sen. Kamala Harris, California Rep. Karen Bass and Obama national security adviser Susan Rice.
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Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his advisers vow to unleash a tsunami of change.
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Republican powerbroker’s bid to thwart Max Linn’s U.S. Senate campaign went awry
Linn accused former state GOP leader Charlie Webster of threatening him to try to help Susan Collins’ reelection bid.
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Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate, dies of COVID-19 complications
While it’s not clear when or where he was infected, but he was hospitalized less than 2 weeks after attending a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June.
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Trump floats idea of delaying election, a virtual impossibility
The date of the presidential election – the Tuesday after the first Monday in November – is enshrined in federal law and would require an act of Congress to change.
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Republican-funded PAC spends $1 million on ads attacking Collins for not opposing Trump
The Lincoln Project, a national super PAC, was established by a group of Republicans who oppose President Trump and are working to unseat Republican senators they view as his supporters.