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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Independent Alan Caron is admirable, but not electable
His campaign hasn’t stoked the enthusiasm needed to win the Blaine House; his rival, Democrat Janet Mills, is the sensible choice.
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Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
Gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron begins statewide campaign road trip
The independent says he plans to visit every city and town in Maine before Election Day.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
Mills makes leadership change in gubernatorial campaign
With two months left until Election Day, Democrat Janet Mills replaces campaign manager Michael Ambler with veteran political operative Jeremy Kennedy.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Republican lawmaker targets candidate outside his district with anti-immigrant flier
Rep. Larry Lockman of Amherst, leader of the Maine First Project, says similar fliers were sent out in four other House districts.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: In race for governor, a wide gulf on Medicaid policy
A Democrat and two independents want Maine in the expanded health care program. Republican Shawn Moody appears to side with Gov. Paul LePage.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News, Politics
Across U.S., polling stations are slowly disappearing
The action by state and local governments comes just a few years after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn parts of the Voting Rights Act.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
Survey shows older Maine voters evenly split between Mills and Moody for governor
An AARP Maine poll of 804 voters older than 50 also indicates Sen. Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree have big leads among those voters, and Rep. Bruce Poliquin is in a tight race against a Democratic challenger.
Posted inNews, Politics
In primary stunner, progressive ousts Massachusetts Rep. Michael Capuano
With no Republican opponent, Ayanna Pressley is a virtual lock to become the state’s first black woman elected to Congress.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: Onward Christian soldiers, marching to … midterm elections?
Trump warns a gathering of evangelical pastors about violence should Democrats prevail in November.