Republican Kevin Raye says he is still running for Congress against U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, who occupies the state’s 2nd District seat.

A national group fears Democrats could lose his 2nd District seat if he runs to replace Olympia Snowe, sources say, amid another busy day of political positioning.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe says she didn’t make up her mind not to seek re-election until Tuesday, the day she made her shocking announcement. “It was back and forth in my head,” Snowe said in a phone interview Wednesday night. “I didn’t make the final decision until literally yesterday.” After months of activity gearing […]

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, who has represented Maine in Congress since 1978, says she no longer wants to serve in an increasingly partisan Senate and won’t run for re-election.

It will cost up to $30,000 to attend when he visits in March, and a second fundraiser also is planned.

The governor says there is no point in discussing federal waivers until lawmakers make deeper cuts to MaineCare.

WASHINGTON – Citing the Maine Republican Party’s highly criticized handling of its presidential straw poll this month, Andrew Ian Dodge has dropped out of the party to campaign for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Olympia Snowe. That leaves Scott D’Amboise of Lisbon Falls as Snowe’s sole GOP primary challenger. D’Amboise and Dodge are aligned with […]