The Maine Small Business Coalition, a group representing 3,300 businesses in Maine, is blasting an ad attacking Angus King, the independent candidate for U.S. Senate. The ad, which is expected to hit television airwaves today, is part of an estimated $200,000 ad buy by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The ad dubs King, who served […]

(Gill Foundation photo) Tim Gill, the Colorado software developer and national donor to gay rights causes, has agreed to donate up to $100,000 to the group attempting legalize same-sex marriage in Maine.  The pledge is a matching challenge. Gill, who made his fortune as the head of Quark, Inc., has agreed to match every donation […]

Paul Singer (Reuters photo) The latest campaign finance reports for political action committees participating in the same-sex marriage referendum are due tonight at midnight, but one at least one pro-marriage equality PAC has filed early.  The report features a big-time national donor: Paul Singer.  Singer’s $150,000 donation to the Freedom to Marry PAC was noted […]

(Update:  Dill released a statement today calling out the DSCC for “snubbing” her. Additions to this post are noted in bold. Reporter John Richardson has more context about the release on the Open Season blog). Cape Elizabeth resident Cynthia Dill is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. Really, she is.  One may not know […]

Lee Fang at The Nation has spliced together some CSPAN footage from 2000 to show how Republican senators have changed their tune on campaign finance disclosure.  The video, posted below, shows GOP senators, including U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, urging their colleagues to support the McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation. As PPH Washington bureau chief Kevin […]

Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Angus King is continuing his effort to woo Democratic campaign donors and lobbyists.   Washington D.C. power couple, and longtime Democratic supporters, Tony and Heather Podesta will hold a Capitol Hill fundraiser Wednesday evening and King will be the beneficiary. According to an invitation obtained by POLITICO, the event will take place […]

The campaign for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced today that a former Maine lawmaker will lead the staff for his eventual running mate.  Randy Bumps, who served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives, will become the vice presidential candidate’s director of operations. Bumps, who represented District 106 (China) between 1997 and 2002, […]

The latest campaign finance filing by Gov. Paul LePage shows construction, gravel and trucking companies are supporting the governor’s 2014 re-election bid. The LePage campaign showed $30,950 in cash donations during the semi-annual filing, bringing his total contributions over $82,070. The latest filing is dominated by donations from employees and owners of construction and gravel […]

The National Republican Congressional Committee has elevated 2nd Congressional District hopeful Kevin Raye to the top of its so-called ‘Young Gun’ ranking system. Raye’s campaign said the bump from the NRCC, along with recent poll commissioned by the Portland Press Herald, shows that the state Senate president is nipping at the heels of incumbent U.S. […]

The Christian Civic League has a preferred Republican candidate for Senate District 21, and it isn’t current state Rep. Patrick Flood.  The CCL on Wednesday released a statement saying that while Flood “has served honorably in the Legislature, we do not believe his values reflect our values.” The organization is instead backing Ryan Wheaton, a West […]