Preparing for Tuesday’s primary, Mainers believe there’s a lot riding on their choice for governor.
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Governor’s Race: Waterville mayor says experience gives him boost
Waterville Mayor Paul LePage has been all over rural Maine in his quest to be the state’s next governor: northern Maine, eastern Maine, western Maine, central Maine. In waning days of his campaign, he’s focusing on southern Maine. He’s doing meet and greets in Portland, talking to media in the area and wooing voters in […]
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Governor’s Race: Abbott’s campaign bus makes forays into unclaimed territory
WESTBROOK – Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Abbott wasn’t discouraged by the torrential rain as he entered the last weekend before the Tuesday primary with a morning stop at a pancake breakfast. “It keeps the flies down,” Abbott joked. In the last week, Abbott has taken a page from the campaign playbook of his former boss, […]
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Governor’s Race: Jacobson: Jobs message will help in close campaign
WESTBROOK – It was a dark and stormy morning, and Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Jacobson was out meeting potential voters. Jacobson was one of several Blaine House contenders to hit Boy Scout Troop 87’s pancake breakfast at Westbrook Together Days Saturday morning. He was there before 8 a.m., when the storm passing through the area […]
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Governor’s Race: McGowan focuses on raising profile in southern Maine
CAPE ELIZABETH – Democrat Patrick McGowan hit some Portland-area hot spots Saturday morning, from a lacrosse game to Rudy’s of the Cape restaurant to the town’s Recycling Center. The gubernatorial candidate expects sizable support in northern Maine, where he’s run strong campaigns in the past and where he’s well-known. But forays into southern Maine, particularly […]
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Governor’s Race: Muffled debate has GOP talking
Les Otten balks at holding another forum after audio problems plague candidates on Tuesday.
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Route 35 closed in Standish
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said in a release this afternoon that Route 35 in Standish is closed between routes 237 and RT 114. According to the release, the bankings collapsed on the construction site for a new bridge. Standish officials said the road may reopen sometimes late tonight, at the earliest. Local police officers […]
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Political ad buys hit $1.7 million
And that’s only at three TV stations in the Portland market as the gubernatorial candidates vie for votes.
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Poll finds both primary races are ‘wide open’
Elizabeth Mitchell and Les Otten appear to be leading, but there’s a big pool of undecideds.
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Poll suggests gov primaries ‘wide open’
According to the Pan Atlantic SMS Group Omnibus Poll, 61.7 percent of registered Democrats polled said they were undecided. On the Republican side, 47 percent came in as undecided.