Age (on Election Day): 58 Party affiliation: Republican Occupation: Business owner Community organizations: Turner firefighter, 35 years; member, Planning Board; vice chairman, Board of Selectmen; Kora Shrine, Nezinscot Lodge; Turner Ridge Riders Hobbies, activities etc.: Golfing, fishing and hunting. I also enjoy snowmobiling and flying, I’ve been a pilot for more than 30 years. My […]
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Maine House 116: Richard Pickett
Age (on Election Day): 66 Party affiliation: Republican Occupation: Retired law enforcement Community organizations: River Valley Healthy Coalition board member; deacon and Bible school superintendent, Cornerstone Baptist Church Hobbies, activities etc.: Hunting and fishing with wife, son and grandchildren; walks with my wife; golf; bowling Family status: Married Years in Legislature: 2 Clean Election candidate? […]
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Maine House 70: Helen Rankin
Age (on Election Day): 84 Party affiliation: Democrat Occupation: Retired school nutrition director Community organizations: Hiram Congregational Church; Hiram Historical Society; Hiram Community Club Hobbies, activities etc.: Reading, gardening Family status: Widow; 2 adult children Years in Legislature: 6 Clean Election candidate? Yes Committee assignments wanted: Educational and Cultural Services What is the most pressing […]
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Maine House 64: Michael Travers
Age (on Election Day): 66 Party affiliation: Republican Occupation: Retired Community organizations: Hobbies, activities etc.: I’m an avid hunter, enthusiastic fisher and I’ve loved motorcycles for my whole life. My favorite sports are hockey and football and my wife and I have been very involved with youth sports. Golf is fun, but I’m strictly a […]
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2016 Legislative races for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties
Who is running for the Legislature from the Sun Journal coverage area. Check SunJournal.com/Election2016 for more coverage of candidates, issues, news stories and results on Election Day, Nov. 8. If you don’t know your legislative district, you can look it up at the Maine Voter Information Lookup Service. State Senate races District 17: Joanne Dunlap […]
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Panel clears Maine GOP senator of wrongdoing
AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican Sen. Ron Collins of Wells was cleared of any wrongdoing in his use of taxpayer dollars by the Maine Senate Ethics Committee, which met Thursday for the first time in its 27-year history. The committee of two Democratic and three Republican senators voted 4-1 after hours of deliberations to find that […]
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Ethics panel investigate Sen. Andre Cushing, fine anti-Thibodeau PAC
AUGUSTA — A state ethics panel voted unanimously on Wednesday to investigate a top Republican state senator’s fundraising activities and fine an out-of-state progressive group targeting Maine Senate President Mike Thibodeau for an incomplete registration. The investigation from the Maine Ethics Commission was welcomed by Assistant Senate Majority Leader Andre Cushing of Newport, whose sister, […]
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Maine ethics commission fines group for campaign flier
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — A nonprofit group led by a Republican state legislator is being penalized $672 for failing to disclose spending on a campaign flier targeting Democratic Rep. Jeff McCabe. The Maine Ethics Commission contacted Republican Rep. Larry Lockman of Amherst after the Morning Sentinel reported on the fliers, which claimed that McCabe supported […]
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Sen. John Patrick accuses 2 GOP colleagues of ‘fraud’
AUGUSTA — A Democratic state senator asked Senate President Mike Thibodeau on Monday to convene a panel to investigate “potential fraud and misuse” of legislative travel reimbursements by two Republican senators. The request from Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, came 15 days before the November election in which Democrats are mounting a strong challenge to take back the […]
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Saco legislative candidate arrested on domestic violence charges
AUGUSTA — Mark Bedell of Saco, a Republican candidate for the Maine House of Representatives, was arrested Sunday on a felony Class B charge of aggravated assault, according to an intake officer at the York County Jail. The officer did not have specifics about the arrest but said Bedell is being held without bail and […]