Voters will choose this November between Republican Bobby Charles, Democrat Hannah Pingree and independent Rick Bennett to succeed Gov. Janet Mills.
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Here’s where Maine’s candidates for governor stand on key issues
Rick Bennett, Bobby Charles and Hannah Pingree shared their plans for addressing the housing crisis, healthcare affordability and taxes.
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Would Maine’s next governor sign a moratorium on new data centers?
We asked Bobby Charles, Hannah Pingree and Rick Bennett. Here’s what they said.
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Hannah Pingree is the heavy favorite in Maine governor’s race, Times/Press Herald/Siena poll finds
Pingree, a Democrat, has a double-digit lead over Republican Bobby Charles in the three-way race that also features independent Rick Bennett.
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Stunned by Hannah Pingree’s victory | Letter
I can’t believe that Hannah Pingree won the Democratic primary for governor in Maine. Don’t Democratic people realize that Pingree worked for Gov. Janet Mills, who ruined Maine? Maine schools ranked 43rd in the country because students are failing in math and reading. Hospitals are failing because of the lack of doctors. Medicare is down […]
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Bobby Charles is not the governor Maine needs | Opinion
The Republican nominee for governor would move our state in the wrong direction at exactly the wrong time.
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‘We’ is a better path forward than ‘us vs. them.’ Enter Rick Bennett. | Letter
I write inspired by Graham Platner’s ad, “Which side are you on?” The ad is seductive, powerful and well executed. Yet it offers a false choice — one that positions elections as “us vs. them” instead of “we.” It plays to today’s partisan echo chambers — the zero-sum game mentality; your loss is my win. […]
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Bobby Charles holds lead to win Republican primary for governor after RCV runoff
The Leeds resident and former official in the federal government was declared the winner Friday after 1:30 a.m.
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What it’s like to wait in person for Maine’s election results
Watching elections officials reconcile ranked-choice ballots is partway between tuning into a cooking demonstration and watching paint dry.
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Maine expects to announce winners in ranked-choice runoffs on Thursday
The process is being used to determine the winners in both gubernatorial races, and the Democratic primary in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.