Thousands of the state’s households spend over half their income on rent.
Election 2020
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Party caucuses are alive despite Maine’s switch to primaries
Democrats and Republicans will gather Sunday to fill out local committees, pull in volunteers, hear from candidates and elect delegates to the state conventions.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Voters’ failure of imagination doomed Warren’s campaign
We will believe that a woman can be president after we’ve seen a woman president. That’s a problem.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
With Trump their only choice, more Maine Republicans than usual left ballots blank
An analysis of Tuesday’s voting in the state’s largest towns shows that 1 in 5 of the party’s primary voters left the president’s oval blank or wrote in another name.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Nazi flag display at Sanders rally sparks broad condemnation
Images of a flag depicting the swastika symbol that was briefly displayed at the candidate’s rally Thursday night in Phoenix began circulating online after the incident.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Inside the dizzying 3 days that remade the Democratic primary
The win of former Vice President Joe Biden in the South Carolina Democratic primary set off a cascade of events that carried him to a consolidation of support for Super Tuesday.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Another poll shows Gideon leading Collins in potential Senate match-up
The survey by the left-leaning firm Public Policy Polling also shows President Trump trailing both Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders among likely Maine voters.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Warren ends 2020 presidential bid after Super Tuesday rout
Disappointed in her Super Tuesday finish, the Massachusetts senator dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Thursday.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Public health big winner in Maine’s special election
A vaccine requirement receives strong support, and other outcomes of Tuesday’s primary.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Biden, Sanders crossed old political boundaries in Maine’s Democratic primary
Voting results defied conventional geographic and demographic divisions among the state’s Democrats, who reacted to a winnowing of the field in recent days.