LEWISTON — Republican Gov. Paul LePage has entered Maine’s political history books — and this time it’s for a statistic that many of his opponents never saw coming. LePage was re-elected Tuesday with 48.4 percent of the vote over Democratic challenger Mike Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler. LePage also won more total votes than any […]
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LePage wins another four years in the Blaine House
LEWISTON — Before a hometown crowd of about 300 supporters in the basement reception hall of the church he attended as a boy, Republican Gov. Paul LePage declared victory early Wednesday morning. “Tonight I’m very, very humbled and very proud; I’m very, very proud,” LePage said. “Because 50 years plus, I was raised across the […]
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North to Augusta: The makeup of the next Maine Senate key, the end is near and vote!
Nothing says the end of fall like setting the clocks back an hour and the return of the regular, annoying television ads instead of the barrage of political hatchet jobs we’ve been subjected to the past few weeks. So, happily, it’s Election Day — and hopefully by day’s end, we will know who Maine’s governor […]
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D. Dupuis: Winning at what cost?
This election cycle has been an exciting one because of the hotly contested issues that are at stake. To my dismay, however, is that I am witnessing “poor sportsmanship” with particular political parties. I am addressing specifically the theft of campaign signs in the Woodstock-Rumford areas. In Woodstock alone, there have been more than 40 […]
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North to Augusta: Michaud: ‘Call me, ‘Mike”
My name is Michael What’s in a name? That’s the question some political observers are asking as opponents of Democratic candidate for governor, Congressman Mike Michaud, have taken to calling him Michael Michaud. Unlike the character in the 1970s hit song “Playground in my Mind” by Clint Holmes, Michaud is decidedly a “Mike” and not […]
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Stan Tetenman: Voters should demand better answers
Politicians are gearing up for the November election. We will be hearing how they want to increase or decrease spending, or perhaps how they will cut taxes but not decrease services. We will hear one candidate say that his or her opponent will increase taxes, while another will say the opponent wants to cut spending […]
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Federal judge hears arguments on Maine campaign finance donation limits for independents
PORTLAND — A federal judge Tuesday heard arguments from the state and from an attorney representing supporters of independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler over a complaint Maine’s campaign finance laws are unconstitutional in the way they limit the amount of money supporters of independent candidates can donate to campaigns. Cutler is in a race […]
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Five residents running for two seats on Mexico Board of Selectmen
MEXICO — Five residents filed nomination papers Friday, April 25, for two seats on the Board of Selectmen, Town Clerk and Treasurer Penny Duguay said. Selectman Peter Merrill is seeking re-election. Albert Aniel, Richard Briggs, Andrew Dupuis and Jack Gaudet seeking a seat on the Board of Selectmen, she said. That position is held by […]
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Olympia’s List preps to fund primary candidates
LEWISTON — At least two Maine candidates are getting a boost from the political action committee created by former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe. Snowe, a Republican, rolled about $500,000 of her last campaign war chest into Olympia’s List, a multi-candidate PAC that’s meant to help moderates and those who seek common ground in politics, when […]
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Maine House defeats bill to move state to popular vote for president
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers in the state’s House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a bill that would have put Maine among a group of states seeking to move away from the Electoral College to the popular vote for electing a U.S. president. The bill, LD 511, was defeated 60-85. The issue is now all but dead in the […]