An interesting nugget, fresh from the inbox: Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was in Connecticut Saturday stumping for senate candidate Linda McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. From the Hartford Courant: “Both Collins and (Alaska Sen. Lisa) Murkowski said McMahon would bring a woman’s common sense touch to the dysfunction of Washington. Murkowski noted […]

The National Republican Senatorial Committee will launch a new ad criticizing independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King and his involvement in the wind industry.  The ad is the second by the NRSC since the primary and its third since King jumped in the race. The 30-second spot is different from its previous attack on King’s […]

Slate’s Dave Weigel has a smart post about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ads in Maine and Hawaii. In the Maine ad attacking independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King, Weigel notes that the spot twists a quote from King gave to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The narrator, accompanied by a harpsichord evoking a court jester performance, […]

Mary Herman, wife of independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King, wrote in a fundraising email Wednesday that Republicans were trying to “buy the election.” The email, titled “Nothing Prepared Us for This,” was sent to supporters just hours after two polls reported that King’s rivals had eroded the former governor’s once-commanding lead. Herman wrote that outside […]

Two polls released Wednesday show that independent Angus King’s once commanding lead in the U.S. Senate race is withering. One survey by Public Policy Polling puts King’s lead in single digits, while another by the Maine Peoples Resource Center has King up 15 points. The big difference between the two polls is in the support […]

Updated at 8:05 p.m. with comment from Sirocki — S.M. A freshman lawmaker from Scarborough has become the first Maine legislator named to the national League of Conservation Voters’ "Dirty Dozen" list. Republican Rep. Heather Sirocki was on a slate of lawmakers that the group describes as the most "anti-environmental state-level candidates in the country." […]

On Sunday, Public Policy Polling released a survey showing Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren with a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Scott Brown.  A day later, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that it was spending additional money in Maine to bring down independent front-runner Angus King. Today, reports with the Federal Elections […]

Independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King took a moment during Monday night’s debate in Lewiston to draw attention to the oft-used weapon of modern campaigning: The tracker.  King singled out Republican tracker “Zack” — not sure of spelling — who the former governor claims has been dispatched to follow him on the campaign trail, taking […]

Maine is one of four states that does a “very good” job informing voters about ballot measures, according to a recently released study.  The study, performed by Ballotpedia, reviewed three years worth of ballot initiatives and voters guides in all 50 states. The analysis scored states on several criteria, including how it explained referendum questions, […]

While the debate rages over Angus King’s involvement in the wind industry, the independent candidate for the U.S. Senate picked up an endorsement from one of the country’s largest environmental organizations. The Sierra Club announced Monday that it was backing King’s candidacy. The group said King’s promotion of land conservation, clean energy and efforts to […]