The position is one of three statewide currently chosen by the Legislature.
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Citizens group sues LePage to try to force release of Clean Election funding
The lawsuit urges a court to require the governor to sign an order freeing up campaign money that has already been set aside and promised to candidates.
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Diversity is the driving force in 2018 Democratic primaries
Sometimes more than ideology, a candidate’s biography has been what is luring voters.
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Clean elections fund running dry amid partisan wrangling
More than 100 candidates might get only 28% of what they’re due as a fix for a typographical error eludes Democrats and Republicans.
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Here’s how Maine’s ballot question on universal home care will read
A group opposing Question 1 argues that the initiative, which would raise taxes on wealthy Mainers to pay for home care for the elderly and disabled, violates the Maine Constitution.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Historic ranked-choice vote worked as promised
Only critics of the system were disappointed when the final results did not produce chaos.
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Jim Fossel: What exactly did ranked choice accomplish?
For one, it showed how many Democrats weren’t exactly huge fans of Janet Mills, and where her eventual majority came from.
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In governor’s race full of uncertainty, only sure thing will be LePage
The Nov. 6 election will be all about him, and whether voters want someone to carry on the Republican’s legacy or blaze a new trail.
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Pingree challenger sees victory potential in ranked-choice voting
Independent Marty Grohman also faces a conservative opponent in the 1st District race.
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Maine Democrats’ U.S. Senate candidate arrested, eventually released while trying to get into detention center at border
Zak Ringelstein, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Angus King, went to McAllen, Texas, with supplies he said he wanted to deliver to children separated from their parents. He was released early Saturday morning.