UPDATE @ 3:06 p.m. – The LePage administration is refusing to comment on Richardson’s post, so is Brent Littlefield, the governor’s political outside political consultant. Littlefield referred back to LePage’s previous statement that he supported the elected delegation and hoped the two sides could find a resolution. However, L.L. Bean heiress, Linda Bean, one of the […]

    Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Cynthia Dill held a brief rally on the steps of Portland City Hall Wednesday to applaud the inclusion of same-sex marriage rights into the national Democratic party platform. The press event followed a recent unanimous decision by the party’s drafting committee to include marriage equality into the policy […]

  Maine voters may have more than two choices when they vote for president in November.  Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson announced Monday that his campaign had achieved ballot access in Maine. The campaign submitted 4,300 signatures, which if verified, would allow the former governor of New Mexico to be on the ballot.  Johnson is billed […]

Texas U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, hopes Angus King will caucus with the GOP if he’s elected in November. However, Cornyn said he’s not holding his breath.  Cornyn made those comments during an interview with CSPAN over the weekend (scan to 4:37 of the interview). He added that his […]

The National Republican Congressional Committee will begin running an ad against U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, on Thursday.  The ad blasts Michaud by attempting to link him with President Obama’s positions on the national debt and other "job-killing" policies.   The NRCC’s ad buy isn’t on the Federal Elections Commision independent expenditure report yet, but […]

(This post has been updated to show a $75,000 contribution to the SDCC by Donald Sussman; the contribution was not listed in the most recent PAC report, but a pre-primary filing. – S.M.) The Maine Democratic Party has begun running television and direct mail ads Thursday targeting five Republican state senators. It’s an early start […]

Cynthia Dill, the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate, has expanded her media team.   Dill announced last week that she has hired Boss Media & Communications LLC. The company is owned by Patsy Wiggins and Jeannine Guttman, the former editor and vice president of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. Boss Media is a […]

The rift between U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe and former protege Charlie Summers has been known in Republican circles for some time. While it was finally made public last month, a recent report in POLITICO shows that the two have yet to repair their relationship.  The report explores Summers’ recent visit to Washington D.C. to meet with Republican […]

Matt McDonald, who was among the delegates selected to attend the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., wrote on the Daily Paul site Saturday that his seating at the convention has been challenged.  McDonald, a Ron Paul supporter, posted an email from Peter Cianchette, a renowned member of the Maine Republican Party and former ambassador […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s television ad buy against independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King is double previous estimates. The Chamber’s spent $400,000 for ad time in all Maine’s media markets for the 30-second spot “Mainers Know,” according to independent expenditure filings with the Federal Elections Commission. The buy is twice the estimate calculated by […]