Republican Rich Donaldson of Georgetown, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Eloise Vitelli, shared images and jokes that mocked Mexicans, gays and prominent Democrats in 2016.
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Posted inElection 2018, Elections, Politics
Dollars from donors: PAC fundraising data for the 2018 election
Friday was a filing date for Maine’s political action committees and party committees to report their donations and expenditures.
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Democratic super PAC spends almost $500,000 to back Janet Mills for governor
The nationally funded group uses a new social media tactic to build an audience with clickbait content.
Posted inElection 2018, Maine, News, Politics
Gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron begins statewide campaign road trip
The independent says he plans to visit every city and town in Maine before Election Day.
Posted inElection 2018, Maine, News, Politics
Mills makes leadership change in gubernatorial campaign
With two months left until Election Day, Democrat Janet Mills replaces campaign manager Michael Ambler with veteran political operative Jeremy Kennedy.
Posted inElection 2018, Maine, News, Politics
Survey shows older Maine voters evenly split between Mills and Moody for governor
An AARP Maine poll of 804 voters older than 50 also indicates Sen. Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree have big leads among those voters, and Rep. Bruce Poliquin is in a tight race against a Democratic challenger.
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Trump: Democrats ‘will overturn everything’ if Republicans lose majorities
The president reminds a group of evangelical Christians at a White House dinner what’s at stake this fall.
Posted inElection 2018, Maine, News, Politics
Gubernatorial candidates oppose letting non-citizens vote
The four top contenders for the Blaine House agree that immigrants should become citizens before they are given the right to vote, even if only in municipal elections.
Posted inElection 2018, Maine, News, Politics
Maine gubernatorial candidates offer plans to address predicted stagnant job growth
Alan Caron, Terry Hayes, Janet Mills and Shawn Moody each believe they know how to remedy the flat job growth that the Department of Labor expects through 2026.
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Council schedules hearing for plan to let non-citizens vote in Portland elections
The proposal, which would require a citywide vote to amend the City Charter, is on the agenda for discussion Aug. 13.