WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, emboldened by Republican election wins in the Senate and scornful of GOP candidates he felt didn’t sufficiently embrace his support, delivered a stark warning to the new Democratic House majority on Wednesday: Investigate me, and I’ll investigate you — and the government will grind to a halt. Noting that […]
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Sen. Susan Collins: ‘I look at this as an opportunity’
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, chats with Gina Mosca after speaking to home care and hospice workers at MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Alfond Center for Health on Wednesday in Augusta. Staff photo by Joe Phelan AUGUSTA — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said she sees opportunity in Tuesday’s election results for a moderate Republican voice such as hers […]
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Fresh off historic victory, Janet Mills says health care and opioid crisis will be top priorities
Janet Mills had nearly finished her victory lap, of sorts, through the breakfast crowd at Portland’s Becky’s Diner on Wednesday morning when a patron thanked the governor-elect for “giving all of us so much hope and for your courage.” “We are so excited,” the woman said as she embraced Mills. A little more than eight […]
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Janet Mills says she’ll implement Medicaid expansion immediately
Gov.-elect Janet Mills showed up at the Medicaid expansion lawsuit court hearing in Maine Superior Court on Wednesday, the morning after winning a decisive victory in the gubernatorial election. Mills said she was “here to listen” to the lawsuit, where activist group Maine Equal Justice Partners is suing the LePage administration for failing to implement Medicaid expansion. Mills, […]
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Democrats retake the House; Republicans keep the Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats seized the House majority from President Donald Trump’s Republican Party on Tuesday in a suburban revolt that threatened what’s left of the president’s governing agenda. But the GOP gained ground in the Senate and preserved key governorships, beating back a “blue wave” that never fully materialized. The mixed verdict in the […]
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King re-elected to U.S. Senate
BRUNSWICK — U.S. Sen. Angus King declared victory late Tuesday in his bid for re-election, easily beating back his Republican and Democratic challengers. “I’ve never been involved in a campaign where people worked so hard for so long,” King told a group of supporters who had gathered at Flight Deck Brewing in Brunswick, the town where […]
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Janet Mills becomes Maine's first female governor
Democrat Janet Mills won the governor’s race early Wednesday, as Republican Shawn Moody conceded defeat. With 325 of 574 precincts reporting, Mills had 50 percent of the vote to Moody’s 44 percent. Independent candidate Terry Hayes, who conceded early in the evening, was drawing about 6 percent of the vote. The returns, coming in slowly […]
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Bruce Poliquin teeters on the edge in close Maine 2nd District race
After one of the most costly and closely watched campaigns in the country, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin faces possible defeat. Ranked-choice voting, in place for the first time in American history for a congressional election, is going to decide whether the Republican incumbent returns for a third term or cedes his 2nd District seat to […]
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Voter residency consequences stirs debate in Farmington
Bill Crandall of Farmington stands outside the polls at the Farmington Community Center on Tuesday, beside a banner listing the consequences of declaring voting residence by registering to vote in Maine. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Bill Crandall of Farmington stood outside the Community Center on Tuesday, beside a banner listing the consequences of declaring […]
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Terry Hayes greets Lewiston voters
Terry Hayes greets voters at Longley Elementary School in Lewiston during a light drizzle Tuesday evening. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)