In the first two months of his bid to win a U.S. Senate seat, Republican Max Linn garnered one campaign contribution. Federal Election Commission records show that Linn’s campaign raised $75,250 through the March 31 reporting deadline. All but $250 of it came in the form of a loan from the candidate himself. His one […]
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Brakey challenges more signatures on Max Linn's nomination papers for U.S. Senate
AUGUSTA — A judge ordered Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Friday to reopen his investigation in the case of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn. Superior Court Justice William Stokes told Dunlap’s office to accept new evidence from the campaign of Eric Brakey, a state senator from Auburn who is also seeking the […]
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Eric Brakey goes to court to challenge Max Linn’s candidacy in GOP primary
AUGUSTA — A squabble between two Republicans hoping to be their party’s nominee to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Angus King will now head to the courts. State Sen. Eric Brakey’s campaign political director, David Boyer, filed a complaint Tuesday, asking a judge in Kennebec County Superior Court to overrule a decision by Secretary of State […]
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Signatures of dead voters won’t keep U.S. Senate candidate off Maine primary ballot
AUGUSTA — Although Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap ruled that more than 200 signatures on Max Linn’s candidate petition were invalid, including several that belonged to people who died years ago, he said Thursday that the Republican U.S. Senate candidate turned in enough valid signatures to remain on the June primary ballot. The campaign […]
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Hearing held on claim campaign of Brakey's opponent forged dead voters signatures
AUGUSTA — Allegations that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn’s campaign forged the signatures of dead voters to get his name on the June ballot are under review by the state Secretary of State’s Office. The complaint, brought by the campaign of Linn’s Republican primary rival, state Sen. Eric Brakey’s campaign of Auburn, was the […]
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State to hear Brakey's complaint of fake signatures on opponent's petition
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Republican hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Angus King is facing challenges about the veracity of his signatures he collected to qualify for the June primary. Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says the state will hold a public hearing Thursday on the challenge against financial planner Max Linn filed by opponent […]
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Legislative panel passes bill to expand medical marijuana program
Maine’s medical marijuana program would undergo sweeping changes under a bill approved Wedneday by the Legislature’s health and human services committee. The committee bill, which was approved by an 11-2 vote, would increase patient access to medical marijuana by allowing medical providers to certify an adult patient for any medical reason, give registered caregivers the […]
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Facts contradict U.S. Senate contender Max Linn's claims about his past
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn told GOP officials in two towns last Sunday that he has not run as a Democrat for Congress and never backed Barack Obama’s presidential bid. Both assertions are untrue. As an aspiring politician a decade ago in Florida, the wealthy financial planner did not merely flirt with the opposition […]
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Republican Max Linn jumps into U.S. Senate race, will face Eric Brakey in primary
For the past nine months, state Sen. Eric Brakey of Auburn has sailed along as the sole Republican challenger in the race to take on U.S. Sen. Angus King, a first-term Maine independent. Now, though, he has competition for the GOP’s backing. A colorful, 58-year-old financial planner, Max Linn of Bar Harbor jumped into the […]
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Brakey visits Poland fourth-graders
Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Androscoggin, visited Poland Community School’s fourth-graders on Jan. 22 to speak about state government and hold a mock legislature for the students, in which they proposed legislation and went through the process of how a bill becomes a law. At the end of the session, each student received a pocket Constitution.