5 days ago

Exit polling gives Golden an edge in 2nd District ranked-choice count. See each candidate’s road to victory.

Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden is favored to beat U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in a ranked-choice voting count that could decide the tight race in the 2nd Congressional District, according to exit polling conducted by the Bangor Daily News.

6 days ago

What happens next as Maine’s 2nd District race heads to a new round of ranked-choice voting

Good morning from Augusta. Maine is entering a milestone in its first-in-the-nation experiment with ranked-choice voting, which will apply to the racebetween U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and Assistant House Majority Leader Jared Golden in the 2nd Congressional District.

6 days ago

Democrats surge to solid control of Maine Legislature

Democrats looked poised to storm back into control of the State House for the first time since 2009

6 days ago

Maine’s toss-up 2nd District appears headed to a ranked-choice count

The toss-up race in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District appeared headed to a ranked-choice voting count early on Wednesday morning

1 week ago

LePage says he’s ‘going to retire and go to Florida’ when he leaves office

Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage says he plans to become a resident of Florida after his final term expires at the end of the year.

1 week ago

How the candidates in Maine’s biggest races are courting voters as Election Day looms

How the candidates in Maine’s biggest races are courting voters as Election Day looms

2 weeks ago

Mills, Moody and Hayes spar over ads, integrity in final debate

In the last debate of the 2018 Maine gubernatorial race, Democrat Janet Mills looked to sow doubt among women about Republican Shawn Moody, while he asked her to apologize for an attack ad, and independent Terry Hayes defended her often-reproached run.

2 weeks ago

Everything you need to know about voting in Maine on Election Day

If you haven’t been following this election cycle’s caravan of candidates or still don’t quite know what is being asked in the state’s four bond questions, don’t be embarrassed. Below is a quick rundown of important details you can use to plan ahead or tab to read while you stand in line at the polls on Tuesday.

2 weeks ago

Maine governor’s race takes a nasty turn ahead of the final debate

Good morning from Augusta. Maine’s gubernatorial candidates will share a debate stage for the final time on Thursday evening in a race marked so far by mostly amiable in-person meetings — which may change tonight after the race took a negative turn on Wednesday.

2 weeks ago

Maine Democrats parlay public financing to big campaign cash advantage

Good morning from Augusta. Democrats are outspending Republicans by a historic margin in legislative races in 2018 as they seek to win control of both chambers for the first time in six years — though plenty of battlegrounds remain, particularly in the Maine Senate.

2 weeks ago

Where 2nd District hopefuls stand and where ads misfire on Medicare, Social Security

Good morning from Augusta. Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is the oldest part of the nation’s oldest state by median age, putting Social Security and Medicare — the two most important government programs for seniors — at the forefront of the frantic race there.

2 weeks ago

Here are answers to the questions you asked us about the 2018 election

Mainers will go to the polls on Nov. 6 for congressional, state, county and local elections. For the first time, congressional elections will be decided by ranked-choice voting, raising questions about the process and this year’s election in general.

2 weeks ago

Mills, Moody jab each other gently in another tepid debate

Good morning from Augusta. Maine’s gubernatorial candidates met in their second-to-last debate on Sunday and the squabbling was again minimal as the hopefuls looked to make their closing statements in a race to be decided in eight days.

3 weeks ago

Mainers are using two voting methods this year. It’s causing confusion.

Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine’s 2018 congressional elections, but not in the race to replace Gov. Paul LePage, whose plurality elections spurred the 2016 referendum to institute the electoral method.

3 weeks ago

Trump tweets support for Poliquin campaign

President Donald Trump endorsed two-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in a Thursday afternoon Twitter Post.

3 weeks ago

Students choose Shawn Moody for governor in mock vote

Students from more than 60 schools across the state chose Republican Shawn Moody as Maine’s next governor in mock voting that took place this month.

3 weeks ago

Golden keeps up swift fundraising pace in Maine’s 2nd District

Good morning from Augusta. Assistant House Majority Leader Jared Golden has fundraising momentum in his race with U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine’s 2nd District, whom he outraised by more than seven times over the first 17 days of October.

3 weeks ago

How Maine’s gubernatorial candidates would manage the economy

Maine’s four gubernatorial candidates have released their rough economic roadmaps, with Republican Shawn Moody targeting “red tape” and Democrat Janet Mills leaning on a battery of grant and loan programs.