Officials to review ballots in state Senate race between Eric Brakey and Bettyann Sheats.
Steve Collins
Columnist
Steve Collins became an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News in April of 2025. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.
Posted inElection 2022, Maine
Bruce Poliquin accepts defeat, urges Mainers to ‘relax, decompress’
After losing his congressional race, the ex-lawmaker advised Democrats to ‘work with Republicans’ to lower heating costs.
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Posted inElection 2022
Completed count shows Rep. Jared Golden won big in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District
In the final ranked-choice voting tally, the Lewiston Democrat emerged with 53% of the vote
Posted inElection 2022, Maine
Authorities delay ranked-choice race tally in 2nd Congressional District
Because of a couple of flawed memory sticks, the state cannot complete the count until at least Wednesday.
Posted inElection 2022, Maine
Bruce Poliquin stops short of a concession in congressional race
Republican contender urges Democrats to “not inflict any further pain” on Mainers.
Posted in175th anniversary
Chapter 26: Lowell admits he killed his wife
In 1885, James Lowell confessed, but insists he didn’t mean for Lizzie to die.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Nation / World
Lewiston’s injured Fowsia Musse to return to the United States soon
Donors paid for an air ambulance that will bring the immigrant leader home from Ethiopia for more medical treatment
Posted inElection 2022, Maine
Jared Golden claims victory in Maine’s 2nd District
Though some votes are not yet tallied, the Lewiston Democrat said his lead is too large for challengers to overcome
Posted inElection 2022, Maine
Ranked-choice tabulation to decide outcome of 2nd Congressional District race
Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat, appears to have a lead too large for Republican Bruce Poliquin to overcome
Posted inElection 2022, Lewiston-Auburn
Democrats sweep in Lewiston legislative races
LEWISTON — Democrats captured all five of the state legislative seats from Lewiston in Tuesday’s election, ousting a Republican incumbent in the process. In a race for the new District 21 state Senate race, Democrat Peggy Rotundo rolled to an easy win over Republican challenger Rick LaChapelle, a city councilor, 7,713 to 5,472. In the […]