Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his own campaign last week.
Election 2020
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Wisconsin primary shows why elections need to modernize
It’s harder and harder to justify in-person national conventions and voting.
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Posted inElections, Nation & World, News, Politics
Sanders ends bid for presidency, leaving Biden as likely nominee
President Trump sought to foment the tension among Democrats by tweeting Wednesday that the party stacked the race against the Vermont senator.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine’s June primary likely to be pushed to July because of coronavirus
Gov. Janet Mills says state officials are looking to hold it on July 14, and are preparing for possibly making it absentee-ballot only.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: COVID-19 will change Maine Election Day traditions
The upcoming statewide U.S. Senate primary is an important dry run for reforms to ensure broad participation and safety.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Democrats elevate health care as virus-era campaign argument
Joe Biden, the prospective Democratic nominee, is criticizing President Trump for refusing to reopen ‘Obamacare’ enrollment.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: A virus is raging. The economy is in free fall. Why Trump’s approval rating has gone up
The surge can be attributed to bipartisan support for the president’s crisis management – but it has been relatively small, and it probably won’t last long.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
Eric Brakey denounces $2.2 trillion relief bill as a ‘rotten deal for the American people’
Eric Brakey is alone among the three Republicans in Maine’s 2nd District congressional primary in rejecting the compromise bill that won unanimous backing in the U.S. Senate.
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Democrat Ross LaJeunesse ends Senate campaign, endorses Gideon
The Biddeford resident cites the coronavirus pandemic as a factor in preventing him from running the type of campaign he had planned.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
The Universal Notebook: Biden can’t become president fast enough
All of the Democratic presidential primary candidates had issues, but I was surprised when, in the end, I settled on Joe Biden, Good Old Joe. And what it came down to was a desire for normalcy. I know Joe has said and done some stupid things, but I found that in the end I did […]