AUGUSTA (AP) — Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine will face two lesser-known candidates who won uncontested primaries Tuesday but now face a difficult challenge against a popular incumbent. Republican State Sen. Eric Brakey was unchallenged in his primary election Tuesday after an opponent, Max Linn, was disqualified by election officials who determined his […]
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Moody holds commanding lead in GOP primary; Mills and Cote lead Democrats
Shawn Moody was rocketing ahead of his opponents in the Republican primary for governor Tuesday, while Attorney General Janet Mills held a narrow lead over Sanford attorney Adam Cote on the Democratic side. With about 25 percent of precincts reporting, Moody had 55 percent of the vote and was carrying some of Maine’s largest cities, […]
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SAD 15 budget passes in New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER — New Gloucester residents voted 944-377 on Tuesday to approve the School Administrative District 15 budget. Results from Gray were not available late Tuesday. The $25.5 million spending plan for 2018-19 is the same amount as this fiscal year, which ends June 30.
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Martha Poliquin captures primary win for House seat from Lisbon
LISBON — After two straight unsuccessful shots at the 56th state House district seat, Scott Gaiason will not get another shot this year. “I’m a little disappointed,” he said, to have fallen short in a Democratic primary against Martha Poliquin, a school nutrition director. Poliquin will take on Republican incumbent Rick Mason in the Nov. […]
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Gilles, Chase voted into seats on New Gloucester board
NEW GLOUCESTER — Newcomer Karen Gilles and incumbent Linda Chase were elected Tuesday in a three-way race for selectman. Their terms are for three years. Gilles received 714 votes, Chase 596 and incumbent Stephen Hathorne 511. Gilles, 35, the daughter of board member Lenora Conger, is a nurse and administrator of a home health business […]
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Joshua Morris wins three-way GOP primary in Turner
TURNER — In the only three-way legislative primary in Maine, the winner wound up with enough votes to make ranked-choice voting irrelevant. Joshua Morris, a 36-year-old Realtor, emerged with just over half of the votes in the Republican primary to pick a nominee in the 75th District that spans Turner, Leeds and part of Livermore. […]
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Lewiston, Auburn schools agree to join regional service center
LEWISTON — Both school departments in the Twin Cities will join a regional service center, after voters in Lewiston and Auburn approved the move Tuesday. In Auburn, the effort passed 2,875 to 893. In Lewiston, the tally was 3,600 to 1,127. Both departments will be considered founding members of the Great Falls Regional Service Center, […]
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Ballot measure to keep ranked-choice voting holds lead in early returns
With just over half of all precincts counted Tuesday night, Mainers appeared to favor keeping a first-in-the-nation ranked-choice voting system for statewide races, but the race remained too close to call. Supporters of Question 1 held a 55-45 percent lead with 51 percent of precincts reporting at 11:20 p.m. on a people’s veto that’s being […]
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Controversial Carey appears to be leading GOP primary for district attorney
AUBURN — With a number of municipalities yet to report results late Tuesday night, Seth Carey appeared to be leading Alexander Willette in the Republican primary for district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. The winner of the primary will take on the current district attorney, Democrat Andrew Robinson, in the November general election. Carey, […]
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Jared Golden appears to have pulled out a win in congressional primary
Democrats appeared to have tapped Lewiston state Rep. Jared Golden on Tuesday as their standard bearer to try to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the general election. Golden said it is possible he racked up more than 50 percent of the vote across the sprawling 2nd District — results were incomplete — but […]