William Cohen, a Republican and former U.S. senator from Maine who also served on the House Judiciary Committee that investigated President Richard Nixon, believes President Trump committed “a form of a high crime and misdemeanor.”
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Is Sen. Collins running in 2020? Not yet, officially, but you’d never know it.
Maine’s Republican senator, seen by Democrats as someone they can unseat, is widely expected to seek another term but keeps saying she will decide ‘in the fall.’
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Out-of-state donors flood Maine’s closely watched U.S. Senate race
In a campaign that could decide control of the Senate in 2020, they make the vast majority of $200-plus donations to Susan Collins and Sara Gideon.
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Democrats hopeful as they bring campaigns for U.S. Senate to rural Sangerville Grange
SANGERVILLE — For a few hours recently, the 115-year-old East Sangerville Grange Hall, one of those classic white clapboard New England structures, stood at the center of what may prove the most important U.S. Senate race in the nation. That mid-October Saturday night marked the first time each of the Maine Democratic Party’s Senate contenders gathered […]
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Speakers at Margaret Chase Smith Library tell of sexism in politics
During the annual meeting, a former state representative and the executive director of the League of Women Voters addressed their experiences running for office.
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Rally for Trump draws fans and foes to Lewiston
Mainers gather in front of U.S. Rep. Jared Golden’s office to pressure him on the looming impeachment battle in Washington.
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Green Independent Party candidate explores run against Sen. Collins
Teacher and activist Lisa Savage is the latest potential contender in what is expected to be one of the nation’s most closely watched U.S. Senate races in 2020.
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Commentary: The devil’s in the details when our differences define us
Community calls for compromise and trust, not kneejerk rejection of anyone whose worldview is slightly out of kilter with our own.
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Crafts, a former state lawmaker, plans to seek 2nd Congressional District seat
Dale Crafts of Lisbon said he will make a formal announcement Oct. 10.
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Elizabeth Warren’s campaign puts Maine’s Frances Perkins at center stage
The Mainer who helped create the New Deal has become a staple of Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign speeches.
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