The new hires include the former chief of staff to Senate President Troy Jackson.
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Biden introduces historic pick for vice president as both attack Trump
The former vice president and California Sen. Kamala Harris appeared for the first time together as the Democratic presidential ticket.
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Harris pick sparks delight in India and Jamaica
Harris is the first Black woman and the first Asian American woman to join a major-party presidential ticket in the United States.
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Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate
The Democratic presidential candidate embraces a former primary rival and makes history by selecting the first Black woman to run on a major party’s presidential ticket.
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Latest public poll again shows Gideon leading Collins in U.S. Senate race
The Democratic challenger has a 5-point lead over the longtime Republican incumbent in a poll of 500 likely Maine voters released Tuesday by the Bangor Daily News.
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Voting in five states opens with no wait times, smooth ballot processing
The contests in Georgia, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Vermont were also expected to draw lower turnout.
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Democratic convention speakers span spectrum of U.S. politics
The nominating convention will encompass the left flank of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the Republican old guard of former Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
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Democrats maintain large lead in voter registration in Maine
Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.
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Ballot delivery not an ‘acute’ concern for Maine’s top election official
Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.
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Gideon unveils climate policies in her bid for U.S. Senate
The Democrat’s climate agenda includes supporting the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and requiring electric utilities to obtain some energy from renewable sources.