Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine. @thisdog
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Gov.-elect Mills names team that will assemble her new administration
Maine’s incoming governor hopes her new executive search committee will help her fill out her Cabinet by January.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Jared Golden declared winner of first ranked-choice congressional election, but challenge looms
The Democrat gets 50.5% of the vote to 49.5% for Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who says he’ll continues his lawsuit arguing that ranked-choice voting violates federal law.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2018
Gov.-elect Mills appoints campaign manager as chief of staff
Jeremy Kennedy of Portland is the former executive director of the Maine Democratic Party.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2018
Decision day: State expected to announce 2nd District winner as judge rules on challenge
Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s attorney calls for the ranked-choice vote tabulation to stop until Judge Lance Walker issues his decision, but the secretary of state says that won’t happen.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2018
Poliquin sues to stop ranked-choice count, saying process could be illegal
As Maine’s secretary of state continues the retabulation to determine the winner in the 2nd Congressional District, a court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2018
Republicans want worker removed from Poliquin-Golden ballot count
While Republicans raised concerns about the social media activity of one worker, Secretary of State Matt Dunlap called the tactics ‘a distraction’ and an ‘irresponsible’ attempt to discredit the process.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2018
What Maine’s new government will mean to you
In 2019, Democratic control in Augusta will prompt a shift in how the state addresses its challenges. Here’s how.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2018
Maine’s next governor tells radio hosts she wants state to ‘turn the page’
‘We don’t want to have a reputation as being a state that doesn’t respect itself,’ Janet Mills says during a Thursday morning show on WGAN.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2018
Voters put Democrats in charge at State House with majorities in House and Senate
The party captures clear majorities in both chambers, and with Janet Mills in the Blaine House, Maine will return to one-party rule by Democrats for the first time since 2008.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2018
Maine secretary of state assures voters that state’s election system is secure
As concerns about the security of voter databases in Georgia make headlines, Maine’s top election official says the state’s use of paper ballots makes for a more secure system.
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