Several councilors say they don’t want a charter commission but felt legally obligated to put it to voters in response to a petition by supporters of a taxpayer-funded clean elections program.
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Business group’s poll shows it’s tight at the top in Portland’s race for mayor
The poll commissioned by the Portland Chamber of Commerce included 2nd- and 3rd-place voter preferences to account for the ranked-choice voting system.
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Four candidates seek 2 seats on Sanford City Council
Residents will also vote on a school committee race and 3 referendum questions.
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Eleven candidates compete for 7 Biddeford School Committee seats
The race includes six incumbents who want to return to the board for another two years.
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Biddeford City Council races draw slate of candidates
Three incumbent councilors are running unopposed, as are two newcomers.
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Political newcomer challenges Biddeford mayor
Alan Casavant is seeking a fifth term, but Jason Litalien says the city needs new leadership.
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Thibodeau endorsed by 11 former mayors, including 3 who supported Strimling in last election
The announcement comes late in a heated mayoral campaign, with incumbent Ethan Strimling’s campaign trading ethics complaints with a Portland political action committee formed to oppose his re-election.
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Strimling’s campaign and opponents trade ethics complaints in mayoral race
While the complaint by the incumbent’s campaign says Unite Portland failed to file disclosure reports and concealed a consultant’s identity, a group opposing Ethan Strimling’s re-election says his operation failed to report in-kind contributions.
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Business group accuses Portland mayor of misleading supporters by saying he was ‘heckled’
Ethan Strimling said in a fundraising email that business leaders ‘heckled’ him for saying he’d propose a $15 minimum wage, but the chamber of commerce calls it a ‘flat-out misrepresentation.’
