AUGUSTA, Maine — Mainers don’t head to the ballot box to elect the next governor for another 16 months, but the political mud is already flying between Democrats and Republicans.
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PORTLAND, Maine — State Rep. Dawn Hill, a second-term legislator from York, is entering the 2010 race for governor.
Hill, a Democrat, said she plans to file papers with the Commission on …
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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Former ski mogul Les Otten says he has formed an exploratory committee to consider a bid for governor as a Republican in 2010.
Otten plans to spend the next two to four …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Several top Maine Republicans have filed an application for a people's veto referendum to challenge a newly enacted tax code overhaul.
Application signers include Maine …
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PORTLAND, Maine — Gay marriage foes in Maine have hired the public relations firm that led the successful Proposition 8 proposal to overturn same-sex marriage in California, while supporters have …
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Former Maine Attorney General Steve Rowe took the first step toward a run for Governor by officially filing paperwork as a Democratic nominee with the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and …
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AUBURN, Maine — An Auburn business owner plans to seek the Republican nomination in Maine's 2nd Congressional District in the 2010 election.
Jason Levesque said Thursday that the focus of his …
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The U.S. Justice Department’s prosecution of former GOP political organizer James Tobin of Bangor came to an end last week, more than 6½ years after a phone-jamming incident during the November 2002 election in New Hampshire led to charges against him in two states.
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PORTLAND, Maine — The Democratic incumbents in Maine’s two U.S. House seats already are showing new fundraising success.
U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud could be seeking …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s campaign watchdog agency has levied a $12,250 fine on backers of a casino referendum in Scarborough for violating state campaign finance laws.
The Commission on …
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