Good morning from Augusta. Final campaign finance numbers for Maine’s state and federal elections in 2018 are in. They were massive with $65.3 million spent on primary and general elections, including Maine’s 2nd District, the governor’s race and the battle over control of the Legislature.
Leaders in the Maine Legislature have set the 2019 rosters for the 18 committees that will handle most policymaking at the State House, which will be under Democratic control in the legislative and executive branches for the first time in eight years.
Gov.-elect Janet Mills said Wednesday she’ll nominate Brunswick Assistant Superintendent Pender Makin to lead the Maine Department of Education and her pushes for universal pre-K and raising minimum teacher salaries in Maine.
The new year will kick off with the peaceful transition of Maine’s governorship from Republican Paul LePage to Democrat Janet Mills on Jan. 2.
Outgoing U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine’s 2nd District announced on Monday that he will end his federal challenge to the state’s ranked-choice voting system, which delivered Rep.-elect Jared Golden’s historic 2018 victory over the two-term incumbent.
The story of Gov. Paul LePage is familiar: He rose from childhood poverty and abuse to eight years in the Blaine House and may be the most polarizing politician in the state’s history, challenging the gentility that Maine politics was known for before him.
Good morning from Augusta, where Libertarians are no longer recognized as an official political party in Maine because their voter enrollment numbers are too low.
Outgoing U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin on Monday said he will appeal a federal judge’s ruling last week that rejected the Republican’s challenge to the state’s ranked-choice voting system, a move that could keep the longshot lawsuit alive for months.
Good morning from Augusta, where we’re assessing the impact of Gov.-elect Janet Mills’ first Cabinet nomination.
Good morning from Augusta. A bizarre episode unfolded on Wednesday around Maine’s 2018 election, when the Maine Republican Party released affidavits from 17 voters in the 1st Congressional District who think they mistakenly voted in the wrong congressional district.
