The incumbent candidates won in the eight contested Maine House races Tuesday.
Election 2020
Posted inTimes Record
Chloe Maxmin claims Senate District 13
Democrat Chloe Maxmin earned 12,603 votes and Republican incumbent Dana Dow won 12,045 votes on Tuesday, according to preliminary results.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Did social media actually counter election misinformation?
Overall the measures taken by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube didn’t really address the problems exposed by the 2020 U.S. presidential contest, critics contend.
Posted inTimes Record
Joyce McCreight hangs onto House District 51
Joyce McCreight claimed 3,647 votes and Stepen Davis, her Republican challenger, drew 2,648, according to preliminary results.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Ranked-choice voting decided three municipal elections
Aside from an error with the unofficial results that did not change the outcome of any races, Portland City Clerk Kathy Jones is pleased with the Nov. 3 election process.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Gray’s 25-year plan gets voter OK
GRAY — Residents Tuesday gave their approval to the town’s first comprehensive plan update since 2003, setting in motion a 25-year plan for Gray’s future. Seventy-five percent of voters, or 4,017, approved the plan. 1,075 rejected it and there were 253 blank ballots. The nearly 400-page document describes how to tackle the town’s top three […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
New Gloucester voters OK charter commission creation
Following a defeat by just four votes in 2018, supporters of establishing a commission for the creation of a town charter won 53% of votes Tuesday.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Bridgton voters approve ordinance to regulate weed businesses
BRIDGTON — Bridgton voters Tuesday approved an ordinance that will require new and existing marijuana operations in town to obtain a local license. About 73% of voters, or 2,392 residents, voted in favor of the amendment to the existing victualers ordinance, which regulates businesses that sell liquor. 847 voted against it and there were 52 […]
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Developers, Portland officials parse details of Green New Deal passed by voters
The ordinance could have wide-ranging effects on building codes and new developments and some fear it will be counterproductive for affordable housing.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Jones, Morrison take seats on Windham Town Council
Incumbent Brett Jones and newcomer Mark Morrison won three-year seats in the East and at large districts, respectively.