AUGUSTA — Gov.-elect Janet Mills has formed an executive search committee and said she wants to have all the members of her Cabinet in place when she takes office in January. The search team of 14 people, effectively Mills’ transition team, includes several high-profile politicians and business people from across the state, including former state […]
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Lewiston's Jared Golden wins 1st ranked-choice congressional race
AUGUSTA — Democrat Jared Golden learned Thursday — nine days after Election Day — that he won Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race, after a historic tabulation of ballots using Maine’s new ranked-choice voting law. Golden, 36, of Lewiston said he was “humbled and honored” to emerge the victor in a contest in which Republican U.S. […]
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Judge denies request to halt count in Maine congressional race; results to be announced at noon
UPDATE: Lewiston’s Jared Golden wins Maine Congressional District 2 race AUGUSTA — A federal judge in Bangor said Thursday he won’t stop the count in Maine’s 2nd District congressional race. The winner is expected to be announced shortly after noon. Federal District Court Judge Lance Walker, in a 16-page ruling issued about 10:30 a.m., said that […]
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Judge weighs Poliquin request to stop vote count as it nears end
BANGOR — After listening to lawyers argue for more than two hours Wednesday about whether he should stop the vote count in Maine’s 2nd District congressional race, U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker said he hopes to issue a ruling Thursday. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, whose staff has been counting and scanning about 280,000 […]
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Ranked-choice count will continue Thursday as judge considers Bruce Poliquin’s request to shut it down
BANGOR — A federal judge said Wednesday morning he hopes to rule by Thursday whether to stop the vote count in Maine’s 2nd District congressional race. During a 140-minute hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker heard arguments from attorneys on both sides of a request by U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin to shut down the […]
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Trump mulling a wide-ranging shake-up, including Kelly, Nielsen
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shake-up as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was thought to be out as soon as this week, according to two people with knowledge of […]
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LePage now says he’ll keep Maine residency, might run against Mills in four years
Republican Gov. Paul LePage said during a radio interview Tuesday morning he would consider running against Janet Mills, the Democratic governor-elect, in four years if she fails to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion in a financially “sustainable” way. LePage said that would mean Mills would not touch the state’s budget stabilization — or rainy day — […]
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Bruce Poliquin goes to court Wednesday to stop ranked-choice vote count
AUGUSTA — Declaring himself the winner in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin filed a lawsuit Tuesday in a bid to stop state officials from counting the rest of the ballots and throw out the ranked-choice voting system that Mainers twice approved.
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Maine GOP looking for answers; plans to survey members
AUGUSTA — In the wake of a crushing defeat in last week’s state elections, and a new revelation that Republican Bruce Poliquin has filed suit in federal court to try to stop the ranked-choice vote tally in progress, Maine’s Republican Party is looking for answers. “Clearly, Republican losses in the 2018 elections show that there […]
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Maine keeps counting ranked-choice ballots despite Poliquin's lawsuit
AUGUSTA — Republican 2nd District Congressman Bruce Poliquin filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Maine’s Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap in an attempt to stop a retabulation of ranked-choice ballots in a race between Poliquin and Democratic challenger Jared Golden. The suit filed in federal court in Bangor is asking for a permanent injunction against Dunlap, seeking […]