BATH — After a neck-and-neck election, longtime District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau emerged the apparent winner of another four-year term. With 74 of 77 precincts reporting in as of Thursday morning, according to unofficial results tabulated by the Bangor Daily News, the Dresden Republican defeated Democrat David Sinclair of Bath, 33,352 to 32,773. Bowdoin was among […]

BRUNSWICK — Democratic candidates swept state House seats in Brunswick, Harpswell and West Bath in Tuesday’s election, maintaining party control in an area regarded as a Democratic base.  In Brunswick, incumbent Rep. Matthea “Mattie” Daughtry and candidate Ralph Tucker won landslide victories over their Republican opponents in Districts 49 and 50, respectively, while Joyce “Jay” […]

BRUNSWICK — Newcomer Dan Harris unseated long-time town Town Councilor Gerald Favreau on Tuesday to represent District 5. According to unofficial results, Harris received 654 votes to Favreau’s 551, winning 54 percent of the vote.   In an uncontested election in District 7 in west-central Brunswick, incumbent Councilor Sarah Brayman won a second three-year term. […]

BATH — James Omo and Kyle Rogers, who were unseated from the City Council in recent elections, secured enough votes Tuesday to return to the council. Meanwhile, voters approved four of six proposed amendments to the City Charter. They defeated amendments that would have allowed the city manager to live outside of Bath, and would […]

TOPSHAM — Board of Selectmen candidate Ruth Lyons, who retired earlier this year as longtime town clerk, received 3,281 votes Tuesday to unseat incumbent Selectman Ronald Riendeau. Incumbent Selectman David Douglass was re-elected with 1,916 votes; Riendeau had 1,766 in the three-way race. Lyons said on Wednesday that she was “overwhelmed” by the results, and […]

BATH — Incumbent state Rep. Jennifer DeChant, D-Bath, defeated Republican challenger Ryan Daniels Tuesday to win a second term in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, Democrat Denise Tepler defeated Republican Kim Talbot and Green Independent Daniel Stromgren to secure the state House District 54 seat vacated by Rep. Andrew Mason, D-Topsham. DeChant received 2,432 votes […]

TOPSHAM — Republican Linda Baker defeated incumbent state Sen. Eloise Vitelli by more than 1,000 votes Tuesday in State Senate District 23. Baker, of Topsham, had 8,900 votes, compared with 7,869 for Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, and 2,239 for Green Independent Alice Knapp, of Richmond, according to unofficial results. Senate District 23 includes all of Sagadahoc County […]