AUBURN — A trio of Republicans, including one sitting state representative and two who served with Democrat Mike Michaud in the Legislature in the 1990s, said Friday that Michaud has misrepresented his legislative work on the state budget. Michaud is the Democratic challenger to Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Also in the race is independent Eliot […]
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Ad to repeal Lewiston housing project violates city, state laws
LEWISTON — Newspaper advertisements urging voters to repeal a downtown housing project have run afoul of the city and of state law. Lewiston City Administrator Ed Barrett said he has notified supporters of city ballot Question 1 to remove the city’s official seal from their advertising. The advertisements, urging voters to repeal the City Council’s […]
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Democrats launch talking mailer to criticize Brakey on rape comment
AUBURN — In what appears to be a first in Maine campaigns, the state’s Democratic Party is mailing a “talking” card attacking a Republican state Senate candidate for a comment he made following the National Republican Convention in 2012. The mailed card, which features a small audio device, goes after state Senate District 20 candidate […]
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Video: Judge rejects quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox
FORT KENT — A Maine judge gave nurse Kaci Hickox the OK to go wherever she pleases, handing state officials a defeat Friday in their bid to restrict her movements as a precaution against Ebola. In a case that has come to define the clash between personal freedom and fear of disease, Judge Charles C. […]
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Group says large donors have given $4.5 million to gubernatorial campaigns
AUGUSTA — A Maine group seeking to boost public funding for campaigns says that contributions from large donors in this year’s governor’s race have skyrocketed since 2010. An analysis from Maine Citizens for Clean Elections says that Republican Gov. Paul LePage, Democrat Mike Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler have raised a total of $4.5 million […]
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Heard on the Street: Voters weigh in on governor’s race
The question: Who will you be voting for in the Maine governor’s race and why? Richard Girardin, 56, of Lewiston. Undecided. “In my view, it doesn’t really matter which one you choose. They are all pretty much selected before the election. By that I mean they have to be pretty willing to play ball with […]
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Obama energizes Maine Democrats for Michaud
PORTLAND (AP) — On a campaign swing through Maine, President Barack Obama called on Democrats on Thursday to get everyone they know to the polls to defeat Republican Gov. Paul LePage next week, warning that the race is “too important to stay home.” Before roughly 3,000 supporters of gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud in Portland just […]
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Cutler reducing television ad buy
PORTLAND — Independent Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler is reducing his budget for television advertising in the week leading up to the election. A spokeswoman for Cutler says the budget for the week that began Tuesday and ends the day before the election is being cut from $150,000 to $120,000. The statement from Cutler’s campaign […]
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Maine Supreme Court denies appeal to bear baiting ban supporters
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is denying an animal rights group’s request for an expedited appeal in its case against the state’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Mainers For Fair Bear Hunting is appealing a Portland judge’s ruling that the wildlife department can use its resources to campaign against a statewide referendum […]
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LePage says he will back off quarantine if nurse takes blood test
FORT KENT — The nurse at the center of a quarantine controversy stemming from her work in Ebola-stricken western Africa left her house and hopped on a bicycle to take a ride Thursday morning. Meanwhile, Gov. Paul LePage told ABC News he would drop the state’s demand that Kaci Hickox agree to a quarantine at […]