Stories by Michael Shepherd

Good morning from Augusta, where we’ll begin with a Monday roundup of news from Maine’s biggest campaigns.

Good morning from Augusta. The toss-up Maine governor’s race was roiled on Friday when The New York Times published details of Republican nominee Shawn Moody’s settlement of a sex discrimination case 12 years ago with a former employee at his eponymous chain of collision centers.

Good morning from Augusta. Sen. Susan Collins’ vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has several Democrats at least putting their name out there as potential 2020 challengers to the Republican, whose seat has long been seen as untouchable.

Former Oxford County Democratic Party Chair Cathy Newell was sitting in the party’s Bethel office on Wednesday, where you could pick up a sign supporting independent U.S. Sen. Angus King’s 2018 re-election bid. You’d just have to get it from her car.

Good morning from Augusta. The U.S. Senate is set to begin voting on Friday to confirm embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after the FBI delivered a confidential report to senators on allegations of sexual assault against the appeals court judge.

U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday for mocking the California professor who alleges that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school.

Good morning from Augusta. Maine’s gubernatorial candidates will be spending a lot of time together on Wednesday and Thursday with four forums — two in southern Maine today and two more tomorrow.

Another nationally targeted race is upon Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, the largely rural swath of the state where voters have moved rightward in recent years and Democrats are looking to knock off two-term U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin.

Good morning from Augusta, where Republicans are hoping for a campaign boost from the White House as President Donald Trump‘s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., will visit Portland today for a state GOP fundraising event.