Party leaders from across the state will gather in Portland on Friday and Saturday to select delegates who will represent Maine at the national convention in July.
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Bernie Sanders supporters march in downtown Portland
The ‘We Love Bernie March’ and rally comes a day before Maine Democrats gather in Portland for the state party convention.
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Near record number of women running for U.S. Senate
The record was set in 1992 when an historic number of women were elected to office around the country.
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Dana Milbank: Republicans’ choice: Support or repudiate Trump’s attitudes
Do they want to associate with the anti-Muslim words and deeds of Trump and the candidate’s supporters?
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Trump mulling choice of running mate, plans for costly battle
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Susan Collins says Trump should ‘knock off the gratuitous personal insults’
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John Kasich bows out, leaving Trump as presumptive nominee
His centrist appeal had made the Ohio governor seem like a formidable general-election Republican candidate.
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Sanders’ Indiana victory won’t slow Clinton’s advance
He has conceded that his strategy hinges on getting superdelegates to back him instead of his rival.
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Analysis: Trump facing a different kind of challenge in general election
He’s no longer going up against constrained Republican contenders while addressing a subset of American voters.
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Trump’s win in Indiana knocks Cruz out of race, clears path to Republican nomination
Donald Trump still needs about 200 delegates to clinch the nomination, but Ted Cruz was left without a way to block him.