Alan Casavant is seeking a fifth term, but Jason Litalien says the city needs new leadership.
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‘I am back,’ Bernie Sanders tells supporters at NYC rally
The Democratic candidate draws a huge crowd and vows after his heart attack that he’s ‘”more ready than ever'” to fight for a political revolution and press on with his presidential campaign.
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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.’
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Portland advances proposal to expand ranked-choice voting in city elections
The proposal will go to the full City Council for a hearing next month and could appear on the citywide ballot in March.
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Five-way race for 2 South Portland City Council seats
Incumbent Sue Henderson will face off against challengers Margaret Brownlee, Katelyn Bruzgo, Richard Carter and Mary Drymon DeRose.
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Warren faces first sustained attack in Democratic debate
Rivals in the primary race challenge the front-runner’s support for Medicare-for-all and her purist approach to populism.
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Secretive Facebook pages roil Lewiston’s mayoral campaign
Two social media pages purporting to back Mark Cayer’s mayoral bid are actually undermining it, the Democrat says.