Brandon Mazer conceded the race after a recount.
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Roberto Rodriguez leads by 35 votes as recount of Portland council race remains unresolved
The process was to continue Wednesday morning, with 37 ballots still disputed.
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Cape Elizabeth to hold recount in close Town Council race
Just a few votes stand between Timothy Reiniger and Victoria Volent in the four-way race for three seats.
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Voting distrust likely to continue despite smooth election
Republican officials are still making claims about fraud to justify new restrictions.
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At $289 per vote, Question 1 opponents spent three times as much as supporters, and still lost
The most expensive referendum in Maine history is part of a growing trend in big spending, which doesn’t always yield winning outcomes.
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Brandon Mazer wins Portland at-large council seat in drawing of lots
Roberto Rodriguez, the losing candidate, immediately said he would ask for a vote recount.
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Biden says Virginia race wasn’t blowback against him
In Virginia’s governor’s race, Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost to first-time Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin in a state that Biden won by 10 percentage points a year ago.
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More than 400,000 Mainers voted in statewide referendums and local races
While official results are not yet available, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Maine had strong voter turnout, and absentee ballot use, for an off-year, referendum-only election.