AUGUSTA, Maine — The official deadline is not until Thursday, but the slate of U.S. Senate candidates who have submitted the requisite signatures to get on the ballot is growing. Republicans Rick Bennett, a former state Senate president from Oxford, and Scott D’Amboise, a small businessman from Lisbon Falls, each turned in more than 2,000 […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree submitted her signatures Monday to ensure her place on the November ballot for the U.S. House race in Maine’s 1st Congressional District. Pingree, who has held that seat for the last two terms, flirted briefly with running for the U.S. Senate after Olympia Snowe announced that she planned to […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Bennett stopped by the State House press corps on Thursday to introduce — or in some cases reintroduce — himself to members of the media. Bennett said he’s buoyed by the enthusiasm he has seen for his candidacy and predicted that he will have no trouble submitting […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — There is a growing concern among lawmakers, especially Democrats, about the amount of work left to be done this legislative session and whether there will be enough time to adequately debate certain bills. The session began with about 125 new pieces of legislation, less than half the original number submitted by lawmakers. […]
AUGUSTA — Maine Senate President Kevin Raye, R-Perry, announced late Tuesday that he has filed the necessary nominating petition signatures to get on the June primary ballot for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race. Raye submitted 1,500 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday, nine days before the filing deadline of March 15th. He is the […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine media outlets have given a lot of ink to former two-term governor and now independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King in the last few days. But King is starting to get some press nationally as well. A Washington Post piece published this week — shortly after King announced that he would seek […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — When Olympia Snowe made her decision early last week to forgo a fourth term, heavy hitters from both political parties quickly began positioning themselves for a next move. The news also prompted many lighter hitters with lofty political aspirations to show their hand. Democrat Mike Michaud, the 2nd District congressman, briefly considered […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — For about two months, the Maine House and Senate have been convening in regular sessions at least twice a week, but neither body has taken any substantial votes. Most of lawmakers’ time has been spent on public sentiments and “moving paper,” or deciding which committee should debate specific pieces of legislation. That […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — Rep. Les Fossel, R-Alna, plans to submit a bill that would require Americans Elect, a nonprofit organization working to promote a third party presidential candidate, to disclose its donors. “I value the addition of another choice on the ballot, and it is quite possible we will see more of such an occurrence,” […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — The sudden hospitalization over the weekend of Karen Raye, wife of Senate President Kevin Raye, prompted Senate leadership to postpone action Tuesday on the Department of Health and Human Services supplemental budget. The budget passed through the House last Thursday but stalled in the Senate after a majority of Democrats decided they couldn’t […]
