The elections are over and many Mainers are breathing a sigh of relief. No more television ads, phone calls, mail pieces, or door knocks. Our state contests were as competitive, vitriolic, and exciting as we have seen in recent memory. … Continue reading
One of the criticisms of my previous article on swing towns in Maine was that demographic changes which coincided with increasingly more liberal voting for Governor were responsible for many of the town’s appearance on my list. By that logic … Continue reading
The new Senate Republican Caucus came together earlier today, and made some historic choices. Today they selected who would become the first Republican to serve as Maine Senate President in roughly a decade. And, unsurprisingly, they chose the man who … Continue reading
Gerald at Dirigo Blue made an amusing observation about how the “right wing echo chamber” operates on October 20th. His observations were somewhat true – there is no denying that once a story gets “out there”, people on the right … Continue reading
An email I received this morning from Vic Beradelli demonstrated just how incredibly stupid Maine’s term limit law is. I would re-write it, but there’s no reason not to just reprint it: Subject: Maine Legislative Trivia When the 125th Legislature … Continue reading
Two of the happiest people in the state of Maine today might just be Hannah Pingree and Rosa Scarcelli. Oh, sure – their political party just got devastated state wide (except for in the congressional races), but something very important … Continue reading
As three in the morning flickers across my screen, we have seen enough to make some very rudimentary judgments about what has happened in Maine politics this night. I will try to clarify what we know as of right now, … Continue reading
With 22% of precincts reporting, Mike Michaud is leading Jason Levesque 57% to 43%. This is another race that looks safe to call at this point. Maine voters have elected Michaud to his 5th term in the U.S. House. This … Continue reading
Chellie Pingree leads her challenger Dean Scontras 62%-38% with 28% of all precincts reporting in. This was not the close race so many expected, though we don’t have complete totals yet. CD1 was thought to be the race that would … Continue reading
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