Republican Stephanie Anderson is the most experienced and qualified candidate that Maine Senate District 29 (South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough) has ever had. Ms. Anderson has nearly 30 years of experience as the Cumberland County district attorney, holding people accountable for their bad choices but, more importantly, creating programs to help them improve themselves. […]

Maine has been known for its independence for decades but may be on the precipice of forgoing it. Republican Susan Collins has been named the most bipartisan senator for the last seven years running. She has been the virtual definition of independence in the Senate, frustrating both parties. No one can provide our state the […]

Republican Susan Collins’ tremendous track record, bipartisan instincts, commitment to her state and powerful influence within the Senate should be more than enough to get her re-elected in Maine. But her re-election is in doubt primarily because of her principled and courageous stand in support of Brett Kavanaugh. Collins’ action produced a virulent response by […]

In the upcoming election, I will vote for Sara Gideon, not Susan Collins. Here’s why: It is of grave importance that the Democrats win a majority in the U.S. Senate. Under Mitch McConnell, the Senate has lost any semblance of the deliberative body it once was. The Senate with a Republican majority is an embarrassment, […]

I am a Maine senior supporting Democrat Sara Gideon for U.S. Senate. There is a time when every senior must step aside and let the next generation take our place in the workforce. Susan Collins has been a senator for 24 years. That is enough. It is time for the voters of Maine to elect […]

Re: “When does tallying of absentee votes begin? Election Day” (Sept. 29, Page A1): I want to commend Staff Writer Scott Thistle for his thorough, well-organized explanation of absentee vote tallying. I’ve been voting for decades and never knew the details. I believe every newspaper should publish this kind of clear, step-by-step article for their […]

According to the National Center for Health Statistics and other agencies, the number of deaths in the United States, for 2019, were: • Murders: 16,425 • Auto crashes: 38,800 • Suicides: 48,344 • Overdoses: 70,980 Total: 174,549 This year, the COVID-19 virus has already claimed over 200,000 U.S. lives, and will continue to do so […]

Maine’s teachers are vulnerable to COVID-19 now that schools have begun, and now that they are partly or fully teaching in person at the schools. It would make good sense to provide them with N-95 masks like first responders and medical personnel have. It works well for medical staff, who are even more exposed, depending […]

I am stunned by Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ ads criticizing Democrat Sara Gideon for “looking the other way” while an “accused sexual predator” taught at a local high school. Susan Collins looked “the other way” and cast the key vote to place an “accused sexual predator,” Brett Kavanaugh, on the Supreme Court for life. And, […]