The race for the White House tops the list of federal, state and local contests that is being put to voters to decide in Maine.
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine thinks the expiration of former president Donald Trump’s tax cuts next year will be one of the biggest challenges facing the next Congress. Golden would support raising tax rates for corporations and the wealthiest households,
Gwen Walz previously visited the state in September, stopping at a bookstore and campaign office in Bangor before a rally in Portland.
When polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5, six trained election clerks in New Vineyard, a town of about 700 in Franklin County, will start counting ballots by hand.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is urging absentee voters to plan for possible mail delays as election officials around the country have raised concerns about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to handle an influx of election mail.
Financial woes and the future of the economy have been top of mind for voters this election cycle. Whoever wins the Oval Office will need a cooperative Congress to enact their tax policies, and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris have presented diverging plans.
Maine Conservation Voters Action Fund, an environmental conservation group, has spent over $193,000, including $115,000 on House races and $78,000 on Senate races. The group’s ads promote Democratic candidates as protectors of drinking water and the environment from forever chemicals.
Auburn, is facing a tough election of her own, but is raising and funneling hundreds of thousands into other key races that could determine which party controls the Maine House.
Seacoastonline sent questionnaires to each candidate in local districts for the Maine House, covering issues such as cost of living, abortion, gun laws and more. The responding candidates’ answers are linked below. Seacoastonline made a good-faith effort to reach every candidate.
In a presidential contest that’s expected to be tight, every electoral vote could matter. That’s why the Harris campaign has cast its eyes northward to Maine, home to one of the largest,
Independent groups and official party committees have spent about $2.9 million on battleground races that could determine who controls the Legislature, and about half of that amount came in the last week alone.
Maine will once again use ranked choice voting for federal races in the current election. Here's how the system works, and what supporters and detractors say about it.