
May 15, 2026: Looking to topple Bobby Charles, Maine's GOP primary candidates are turning to an unlikely tool
While public polling in the contest has been scarce, Bobby Charles has drawn the most scrutiny from his rivals.
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While public polling in the contest has been scarce, Bobby Charles has drawn the most scrutiny from his rivals.

With the primary elections just a month away, the five Democrats running for Maine governor are each working to distinguish themselves in a...

This week, Mills, who's been trailing Platner in publicly available polling, launched an attack ad that leans heavily on one of her strength...

The fight for the House District 94 seat in Lewiston is a preview of — or perhaps an early skirmish in — this fall’s larger battle between t...

The prospects of ramped-up federal immigration enforcement in Maine’s two largest cities elicited strong responses from state and local elec...

The past year delivered a lot of big surprises and Rep. Jared Golden's sudden decision to abandon his reelection bid was among them. Maine P...

AdImpact, an organization tracking political ads, estimates the Maine Senate contest could help draw more than $300 million in spending on c...

The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history is over. But with little to show for it, the mostly Democratic politicians who ended...

The results from Tuesday’s referendum election highlighted new challenges for conservative activists hoping to use Maine’s citizens’ initiat...

On Tuesday, Maine voters will settle long-running policy debates over voter ID and guns during an off-year election that has been overshadow...

For nearly two months, Graham Platner’s bid for the U.S. Senate was marked by momentum and bravado as the political newcomer drew big crowds...

State House correspondent Kevin Miller spoke with political science professor Jim Melcher from the University of Maine-Farmington about Gov....

Proponents of Question 2 argue that the existing law — often referred to as Maine’s yellow flag law — is a failed experiment that was not us...

The competing narratives about Question 1’s true objectives and potential impacts are perhaps best epitomized by the names of the groups lea...

There’s a bonafide primary contest among Democrats in the Maine race for the U.S. Senate. And one of the leading contestants, Gov. Janet Mil...

Defeating Susan Collins is Graham Platner’s primary goal, but he and his campaign also signaled that they’re gearing up for a potential figh...

The 2026 gubernatorial election is 16 months away, yet Republican hopeful Bobby Charles has already managed to break through the mostly rout...

The Maine Legislature wrapped up this year’s session on Wednesday night. Here's what they got done and still have left to do.

This week we’re gonna catch up on the latest from the State House where the Legislature is racing toward the end of the session. There’s a l...

Nearly one year after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in the hopes of stopping certification of the 2020 electi...
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