WASHINGTON (AP) — Gabby Giffords is running a new television advertising campaign to benefit U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in her Republican campaign for re-election. Collins is one of just two Republicans nationwide to get the backing of the former Democratic Arizona congresswoman’s political action committee. The group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, is promoting […]
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Bellows challenges Collins’ U.S. Senate voting record
AUGUSTA — Shenna Bellows, the Democratic challenger trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, unleashed another round of criticism of Collins’ votes on a range of issues during a news conference at the State House on Thursday. Bellows, the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, went after Collins for […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Sept. 22 LEWISTON — Lewiston Finance Committee, 5:15 p.m. in Lewiston City Hall. AUBURN — Auburn City Council workshop and regular meeting, 5:30 p.m. in Auburn Hall. Workshop is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.; topics include city assessing. The regular meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and topics include junkyard and automobile-graveyard permits. […]
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Western Maine candidate forum on public education Sept. 25
LEWISTON — A legislative candidates’ forum focused on K-12 education is being held Thursday, Sept. 25, in Lewiston, bringing together those running for the Maine House and Senate in Western Maine and the school boards and superintendents from the districts they serve. The forum is scheduled to run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the […]
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Rent-a-Husband founder picked as replacement candidate in Maine Senate race
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Cumberland County Republican Committee has chosen Kaile Warren of Windham as its candidate in Senate District 26 after the death Thursday of candidate Stuart “Toby” Pennels, according to the state’s elections chief. Warren was nominated Thursday evening in a county-level caucus. According to Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Julie Flynn, […]
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Republican Maine Senate candidate from Casco succumbs to motorcycle crash injuries
AUGUSTA, Maine — An accomplished combat veteran and Republican candidate for the Maine Senate died early Thursday morning from injuries he suffered Aug. 3 in a motorcycle accident near Rangeley. Stuart “Toby” Pennels of Casco, who was a candidate for the Senate District 26 seat against Democrat William Diamond, leaves behind a wife and three […]
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Collins’ Senate re-election campaign hits the road with Maine bus tour
BANGOR — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins hits the road this week on a three-day bus tour of the state as part of her re-election campaign. Collins, a Republican, is running for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate against Democrat Shenna Bellows, the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. Earlier […]
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Maine federal candidates largely united on balanced budget amendment
LEWISTON — Maine Republicans, Democrats and independents running for seats in Congress on Thursday seemed to be mostly in agreement on at least one thing. The federal government should have to balance its budget, the same way many states do to stay open. Of the five candidates running for the U.S. House in Maine’s 2nd […]
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North to Augusta: Cattle, Collins and beer
It could be the start of a bad joke. What do cattle, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and beer have in common? You can find the unsurprising answer in Collins’ latest campaign video, a You Tube and television spot that began airing statewide Tuesday morning. Collins, a three-term Republican incumbent from Maine is running against Democratic […]
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Collins outpaces Bellows in campaign cash for Q2 in Maine’s U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is outpacing her Democratic challenger Shenna Bellows by a nearly 2-1 ratio in raising campaign cash. Figures released by both campaigns Wednesday showed Collins had raised just over $900,000 in the second quarter of 2014, while Bellows’ campaign had raised $563,000. Collins, seeking her fourth term in the […]