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Election 2023

Published
November 7, 2023

Brunswick election results: Nathan MacDonald wins contested Town Council race

Brunswick voters on Tuesday also joined a majority of Mainers in voting against Pine Tree Power, a publicly owned electric utility that would have replaced Central Maine Power and Versant.
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November 7, 2023

Hallowell reelects Lapointe as mayor

Lapointe defeated Councilor Maureen Aucoin for the second time, winning another three years in office.
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November 7, 2023

Carl Sheline and Jon Connor heading for a runoff in the Lewiston mayoral race

With no one receiving over 50% of the vote, the election will head to a runoff on Tuesday, Dec. 12.
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November 7, 2023

Fournier, Bullett and Sykes win Portland City Council races

Councilor April Fournier was reelected to an at-large seat, with Anna Bullett and Kate Sykes taking district seats.
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November 7, 2023

Effort to create Maine publicly owned electric utility fails

A proposal to create a publicly owned utility by taking over Maine's 2 big investor-owned utilities failed by a wide margin in Tuesday voting.

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November 7, 2023

Automotive right-to-repair referendum passes with overwhelming support

Tommy Hickey, director of the Maine Automotive Right to Repair Coalition, said the next step is to sit down with the attorney general and help guide the state on how to best implement this law.
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November 7, 2023

Voters pass ban on foreign spending on referendum campaigns

Question 2 bans foreign governments and affiliated organizations from spending on Maine referendum campaigns.
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November 7, 2023

Maine voter turnout slow but steady throughout Tuesday

The solid statewide turnout in an off-year election seems to be driven by the Pine Tree Power referendum.
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November 7, 2023

Portland mayor to be decided in ranked-choice runoff; Mark Dion leads

The final unofficial tallies Tuesday night showed Dion was leading with about 40% of the vote, triggering a ranked-choice runoff that will be tabulated Wednesday morning.
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November 7, 2023

Maine voters restore tribal treaty language to printed constitution

Mainers cast their votes Tuesday on four proposed constitutional amendments, including a proposal to restore historical tribal treaty obligations to printed versions of the Maine Constitution.