Maine voters might not see independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s name on the November ballot if a pair of challenges spearheaded by Maine Democrats on Monday proves successful. “[T]here are serious questions regarding the methods Ralph Nader has used to get on ballots across the… Read More
BANGOR – The race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat picked up steam this week with a Friday visit from President Bush’s top aide and particularly barbed exchanges between the two campaigns. With Labor Day – the unofficial start of the fall election season –… Read More
AUGUSTA – There was a lot of backslapping going on at Maine Republican Party headquarters Monday after it became apparent that the GOP was about to place more legislative candidates on the ballot this fall than majority Democrats. “For the first time in over three… Read More
OLD TOWN – On French Island, GOP might as well stand for Get Out, Pronto! “If they’re Republicans I don’t want ’em, honey,” said 83-year-old Pauline Baillargeon, a lifelong resident of the small Franco-American community tucked away on the east side of this paper mill… Read More
BANGOR – A planned campaign stop in the city today by retired Gen. Wesley Clark – on presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry’s short list of potential vice presidential candidates – has renewed debate among campaign watchers in Maine over who will fill the second spot on the Democratic… Read More
As the crow flies, only about 10 miles separate Willimantic and Wellington. The two rural Piscataquis County towns are comparable in just about every demographic measure – median age, income, education, family size, housing costs. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Few women live in the moment as much as Pat LaMarche. Last Saturday, she was a happy-go-lucky radio personality looking forward to joining other Mainers in relishing what’s left of the receding season we call summer. Today, she’s unemployed and the vice-presidential candidate for the… Read More
MILWAUKEE – The Green Party’s turn to Maine radio personality Pat LaMarche as nominee for vice president will give national attention to a woman whose 1998 run for governor drew 7 percent of Mainers’ votes. Saturday’s decision during the Green Party’s national convention in Milwaukee… Read More
Neither can claim to be “the man from Hope,” but for presidential contenders George Bush and John Kerry, the race is on to see who can convince voters the cup is half-full. At the time, Bill Clinton’s slogan-worthy Arkansas birthplace came to symbolize his successful… Read More
With little more than a week before the June 8 primaries, keep in mind the stranger knocking at your door just might be representing you in Augusta next year. Such retail politicking is part and parcel of primary season, which this year includes a number… Read More
The candidates for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat readied their campaign coffers during the past three months for what is expected to be a costly and closely watched contest. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud raised about $150,000 in the first three months of the year,… Read More
AUGUSTA – A last-minute decision by a Washington County lawmaker to ditch his state Senate campaign has left majority Democrats scrambling to find a write-in candidate to take his place. Rep. Al Goodwin, D-Pembroke, abandoned his Senate District 29 bid Monday to enter a three-way… Read More
NEWPORT – State Rep. Joshua Tardy, R-Newport, announced he will be seeking re-election to the Maine House of Representatives. Tardy will be running in the newly drawn District 25, which includes a portion of Corinth, Exeter, Corinna, Newport and Plymouth. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BELFAST – In a back corner of the Unitarian Universalist church, a small group of Waldo County Greens – three, to be exact – did its part to shape the party’s evolving election year strategy. Low turnout at the Saturday caucus was unseemly for the… Read More
BANGOR – Democratic state Rep. Joseph Perry on Wednesday said he will seek his party’s nomination to challenge two-term incumbent Tom Sawyer for the Bangor Republican’s Senate seat. Perry, 37, said he decided to seek the new Senate District 32 seat representing Bangor and Hermon… Read More
BANGOR – In a state that leads the nation in lost manufacturing jobs, the race to represent Maine’s struggling 2nd Congressional District appears destined to be a showdown over the economy – and little else. “The candidate who makes the strongest case they can bring… Read More
AUGUSTA – With their presidential election year caucuses concluded, Maine Democrats are now moving into the next phase of this politically supercharged year as they prepare for this spring’s state party convention. But Republicans and Greens, operating with far less public attention trained on them,… Read More
AUGUSTA – The Maine Democratic Party released official caucus results Tuesday, showing 98 percent of the delegates apportioned to the state convention. Those results, indicating Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in the lead with 47 percent, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean with 27, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich at 14,… Read More
BANGOR – It didn’t take John Kerry’s weekend victories in Michigan, Washington and Maine to convince Republicans that the Massachusetts senator would be their most likely opponent in November. Although the Bush campaign’s standard line, “It’s too early to tell,” remained in effect this weekend,… Read More
BANGOR – Howard Dean found himself the bridesmaid again Sunday as Maine Democrats turned out in large numbers and supported the race’s undisputed front-runner, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. Dean, a former Vermont governor and the race’s former favorite, had hoped a Maine win could help… Read More
BANGOR – The Penobscot County municipalities of Bangor, Brewer, Carmel, Chester, Clifton, Eddington, Etna, Exeter, Hermon, Holden, Old Town, Orono and Orrington will hold their Republican caucuses at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Richard Dyke Business Center on the Husson College campus. U.S. Read More
ORRINGTON – The Orrington Republican Committee will hold a caucus at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Husson College’s Center for Family Business. For information, contact Margaret Brown at 825-3178. Read More
JACKMAN – The Jackman Republican Committee will hold a caucus at 2 p.m. today at the Jackman Town Hall Conference Room. For information, contact chairman of the Jackman Republican Committee, Marc Pembroke, at 668-4160. Read More
BREWER – The Democratic Committee will hold its caucus at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at Brewer Auditorium. Delegates will be elected to the Democratic State Convention. Read More
FARMINGTON – The Western Maine Legislative Caucus will hold a public meeting at 7 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the University of Maine at Farmington. Kit St. John of the Maine Center for Economic Policy and Rep. Peter Mills, R-Cornville, will speak. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
MACHIAS – Following is a list of all Washington County municipalities that will hold a Democratic Party caucus on Sunday: Addison: 2 p.m., Merritt Elementary School. For information, call Homere Dansereau at 483-2290. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
EASTON – Easton Democrats will caucus at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Easton Elementary School. Participants will vote their presidential preference, choose delegates for the state convention, and elect local party officials. All registered Democrats are invited to attend the caucus. Those who… Read More
BREWER – Kim Gray, who chairs the Brewer Republican Committee, has issued an invitation to all registered local Republicans to caucus at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 at Husson College’s Center for Family Business. The purpose of the caucus is to allow registered Republicans to elect delegates and… Read More
CLIFTON – Clifton Republicans will caucus at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Husson College Family Business Center. For information, call John Senter at 356-9510. Read More
EXETER – The Exeter Republican Caucus is scheduled for 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Husson College Center for Family Business. Read More
PITTSFIELD – The Pittsfield Democratic Party will caucus at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at the town office on Somerset Avenue. People who are not registered in a political party and would like to register as a Democrat may do so immediately or the day of the caucus,… Read More
JACKMAN – The Jackman Republican Committee will hold a caucus at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Jackman Town Hall Conference Room. For information, contact chairman of the Jackman Republican Committee, Marc Pembroke, at 668-4160. Read More
ORONO – The Orono Democratic Committee will hold its caucus at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at the town hall council chamber. Town officers and election clerks will be selected, and there will be a division to determine presidential preference. State party convention delegates will be selected by… Read More
HUDSON – The Hudson Town Republican Committee will hold a caucus at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at the town hall. For information, contact Gerri Randall at 327-1303. Read More
ELLSWORTH – The following is a list of all Hancock County municipalities that will hold a caucus for the Democratic Party on Sunday, Feb. 8. . Amherst: 7 p.m., 590 Airline Road. For information, call Melody Knadler at 584-3876. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor Republican Caucus will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Peabody Hall, Husson College. Delegates to the state convention will be elected, candidates will be on hand to answer questions, and nominating petitions will be circulated for the primary ballot in June. Read More
CHARLESTON – The Charleston Republican Committee will hold its town caucus at 6 p.m. today at the town office library. There will be an opportunity to meet legislative candidates, and election of town officers and delegates to the State Convention will be done afterward. All Charleston Republicans are… Read More
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Amid the bare walls in the newly opened offices of the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign, Jim Tobin sizes up the operation. It’s his first visit to the campaign’s otherwise cluttered downtown offices, and Tobin, a Bangor resident and chairman of Bush’s New England… Read More
BANGOR – The head of President Bush’s re-election campaign on Friday counted victories in Maine – and New England – well within the president’s reach despite disappointing showings throughout much of the region in 2000. “Mainers are ruggedly independent people who expect the cause to… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Brian Hamel, president and CEO of the Loring Development Authority, has become the second Republican to join the race for U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud’s seat in Congress from Maine’s 2nd District. Hamel, who will turn 46 Saturday, has overseen the development of… Read More
A Lewiston businessman on Monday became the first Republican to issue a challenge to freshman U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud for his 2nd Congressional District seat. Bob Stone, a 55-year-old former banker, counted job creation among his priorities should he be elected. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
SACO – With a collective shout they hoped could be heard all the way to the White House, Maine Democrats responded with an approving roar to campaign speeches offered Saturday night by two of the party’s leading presidential contenders. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and… Read More
SACO – Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean threw down the gantlet to political rivals this weekend by becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate ever to reject federal campaign funding for primary expenses. Instead, the early front-runner in the race will launch a massive grass-roots fund-raising… Read More
BANGOR – One of the country’s wealthiest women arrived in Bangor on Friday to campaign for her husband, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. “I’m really happy to come up here and lay the groundwork for my husband’s visit,”… Read More
UNITY – Congressman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, one of 10 Democratic candidates vying for the presidency, said Friday as he strolled through the grounds of the Common Ground Country Fair, “Boy, if I put on a fair, this is what it would look like.” The candidate… Read More
BANGOR – In an effort to end a string of poor showings among Republican presidential candidates in Maine, the party’s top official made a swing through the state Tuesday, raising money, signing up members and taking his shots at President Bush’s Democratic rivals. “We’ve expanded… Read More
Despite having only four electoral votes to offer next year’s presidential hopefuls, Maine is drawing some national attention in a race even Republican campaign watchers are conceding could be close. Maine is one of 17 battleground states targeted in a $75 million effort by a… Read More
BANGOR – After a whirlwind week in Iowa and California, Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean landed in the city Friday with a message for the party faithful: “We can do better than that,” Dean, a doctor and former Vermont governor, told a crowd of more… Read More
BANGOR – Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean will hold a Friday afternoon rally at the Bangor Motor Inn gazebo on the Hogan Road. Dean, a medical doctor and former Vermont governor, is among the top contenders in a crowded field seeking to challenge President George… Read More