LEWISTON — The Maine Democratic Party accused Maine Republicans on Wednesday of shady recruiting methods in the GOP’s quest to find candidates to challenge incumbent Democrats in the state Legislature, including one House District seat in Lewiston. Maine Democratic Party Chairman Ben Grant pointed to three House District races, including for District 59, as evidence […]
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Sen. King joins effort to limit ‘dark money’ in campaign spending
Reiterating his concern that undisclosed campaign funding is undermining American democracy, U.S. Sen. Angus King , I-Maine, said he is joining members of the Senate’s Democratic Caucus to reintroduce a bill that would “shine a light on so-called dark money.” Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Shenna Bellows on Tuesday called on U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, […]
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Cutler calls for voting reform on Maine primary day
LEWISTON — Eliot Cutler, an independent candidate for governor in Maine, was taking the opportunity Tuesday to call attention to state election laws he said were unfair and did not reflect a true democracy. “We have let money and special interests corrupt our politics and steal our democracy right out from under us,” Cutler said […]
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King to chair hearing investigating ‘dark money’ in politics
Watch the hearing live on CSPAN Tweets about “#darkmoney” AUGUSTA — An effort by U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, to examine the impact of so-called “dark money” on state and federal elections drew praise from clean election advocates in Maine on Tuesday. But just a day before King was set to chair a hearing of […]
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Michaud and Cutler lead in fundraising for Maine governor’s race as LePage trails slightly
AUGUSTA — The campaign war chests of two of the top three leading candidates for governor in Maine have broken the $1 million mark. The campaign for Democrat Mike Michaud, Maine’s 2nd District U.S. congressman, said its candidate had collected $1.4 million as of the April 29 deadline while independent candidate Eliot Cutler reported contributions […]