David Bright, a political activist and organic farmer from Dixmont, felt the Bern big time this year. He said Thursday he hoped U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would wind up in the White House and confessed he is mulling one long-shot possibility that might still put the Vermont progressive in the Oval Office. Both Sanders and […]
election 2016
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Political roundup: Wisconsin starts presidential ballot recount
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thursday’s political coverage (all times EST): Trump to meet Dem Sen. Heitkamp of North Dakota Updated: 10:45 a.m.: Donald Trump’s transition team says the incoming president will meet on Friday with North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat up for re-election in 2018. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence plan to talk […]
advertisement
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Paul LePage says Mainers didn’t understand referendum questions
AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage says he will propose slashing the income tax rate to lessen the impact of a new income surtax and minimum wage hike that Mainers approved this month. The idea will be in LePage’s budget proposal due in January. In a letter to legislators, LePage said Maine voters didn’t […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maine prepares to start recounts for Maine marijuana, tax initiatives
AUGUSTA — Maine’s secretary of state says recounts will get underway in the coming days for a pair of ballot questions that were approved by voters. One of the questions concerns the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. The other institutes a 3 percent tax on households that earn more than $200,000 per year. The […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Green Party wants recount after Michigan certifies win for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Monday’s political coverage (all times EST): Updated: 2:45 p.m.: A lawyer for Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s campaign has notified the Michigan elections board that it will seek a recount of the presidential election results. Mark Brewer told the Board of State Canvassers that the recount petition will be filed on Wednesday. […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Question 1 & 2 recounts could take 4 to 6 weeks
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of the Secretary of State says recounts of a pair of ballot questions will likely take four to six weeks. The department is getting ready to announce a schedule for the recounts. The recounts have been requested for ballot questions that legalized recreational marijuana and approved a tax on high […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Trump charges, without evidence, millions voted illegally
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is claiming, without evidence, that millions of people voted illegally in the election he won, issuing the baseless claim as part of his angry response to a recount effort led by the Green Party and joined by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “I won the popular vote if you deduct the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Donald Trump credits Electoral College for his Maine rallies
President-elect Donald Trump credited the Electoral College for his repeat trips to Maine during the campaign. In his interview with The New York Times on Tuesday, Trump said he likes the electoral system because “it gets you out to see states that you’ll never see otherwise.” If the popular vote alone elected presidents, he said, […]
Posted inMaine
Maine saw more negative campaign ads than anywhere
If watching television this fall felt kind of slimy, there was a good reason. The congressional race in Maine’s 2nd District saw more negative advertising during the campaign than any other U.S. House matchup in America. At the hottest point in the campaign, Maine viewers saw a negative ad by one side or the other […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates professor eyes election’s racial roots
LEWISTON — Growing up in rural Connecticut in a log house his parents built, Christopher Petrella didn’t have any particular reason to start mulling over the dynamics of race in America. A white guy in a nearly all-white town with working-class parents, Petrella enjoyed a loving family, sports and a wide-ranging curiosity that led him […]