Democrat Sara Gideon continues to have an advantage over Republican Sen. Susan Collins, but is spending money faster than the incumbent.
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Maine’s Senate campaign ignites as Collins, Gideon go into action
Hours after Sara Gideon won an overwhelming victory in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, she and Republican Sen. Susan Collins were on the campaign trail.
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Gideon cruises to victory in Democratic primary, moves on to high-stakes race for Senate
The Maine House speaker will face Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the most costly Senate race in Maine history, with national implications for control of the Senate.
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Susan Collins says Senate likely will pass more pandemic relief
Maine’s senior senator is pushing for more local aid, more help for small businesses and more money for schools.
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Flurry of absentee voting continues right up to Maine’s unusual July primary
Town and city clerks have been inundated with absentee ballots, and some election officials still expect to see voters at the polls for a primary that was delayed from June by the pandemic.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has passed a substitute amendment sponsored by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., to the Taxpayer First Act. The amendment, known as the Great American Outdoors Act, would fund deferred maintenance programs at the national parks and provide for the purchase of land and waterways to expand public lands.
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U.S. Senate hopeful Tiffany Bond calls on state to put her on ballot
A Portland independent filed a civil rights suit claims that because of the pandemic, Maine should ‘do the right thing’ and waive its normal signature collection requirements.
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Senate confirms ally of Mitch McConnell to top federal appeals court
Maine Sen. Susan Collins was the only Republican to oppose Justin Walker’s appointment, which drew Democrats’ objections that he’s inexperienced and biased against the Obama health care law.
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Sara Gideon: Washington’s COVID response has put partisan politics ahead of state, local needs
Senate Republicans focus on filling empty judgeships as Maine towns, cities and counties go without federal CARES Act funds.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the House passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, to impose sanctions on Chinese individuals found responsible for human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China.