The poll by Portland-based Pan Atlantic Research gave Gideon a 7 percentage-point lead over the incumbent as the race heads into its final weeks.
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Fact-checking Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop and emails
An explainer on the New York Post’s Wednesday article based on emails purportedly obtained from a laptop that Hunter Biden supposedly left behind for repair in a Delaware shop in April 2019.
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Ballot measure would reduce short-term rentals, increase penalties in Portland
Question E on the Portland ballot would eliminate nonowner-occupied and tenant-occupied short-term rentals in the city and increase registration fees from $100 for the first unit to $1,000 for each unit.
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How do I vote early in Maine?
Here’s what you need to know if you want to vote early by absentee ballot and avoid polling places during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump campaign seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story
Looking to undermine rival Joe Biden 20 days before the election, President Trump’s campaign seizes on a tabloid story offering bizarre twists to a familiar line of attack: Biden’s relationship with Ukraine
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Trump, Biden to appear at separate town hall events, same time, different networks
Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s event will be televised by ABC, while NBC agrees to hold a Trump event after he submitted to an independent coronavirus test.
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Four-way race for three seats on Gorham school committee
GORHAM — Three new members will be added to the seven-member Gorham School Committee in the Nov. 3 election. Four candidates are vying for the three-year seats: James Brockman, a business analyst; Nicole Hudson, a former special education teacher; Sarah Perkins, a credit union CEO; and Leah Sturm, an environmental scientist. Three of the four […]
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Three candidates in race for Scarborough House seat
Democratic incumbent Shawn Babine is facing Republican Annalee Rosenblatt and Independent Sophia Warren.
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Portland voters to decide on $15 minimum wage, plus hazard pay
The proposal includes time-and-a-half pay for certain workers during a declared emergency – a provision that could raise Portland’s minimum to $18 in December.
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More than 133,000 Mainers have already voted by absentee ballot
Democrats continue to outpace Republicans in absentee ballot requests and returns in an election cycle that’s been highlighted by voters seeking to avoid COVID-19 exposure at the polls.