John Richardson

Portland Press Herald

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Published
September 12, 2012

Senate candidates outline views in first debate

Summers and King show they have differences, but there are no back-and-forth arguments.
Published
September 10, 2012

Summers getting new help from outsider ads

The GOP group wouldn’t say if it plans more spots touting Democrat Cynthia Dill at independent Angus King’s expense.
Published
September 10, 2012

Clinton chief of staff tells Maine to demand debt reduction, elect Angus King

PORTLAND — A leader of the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission urged Mainers on Sunday to demand that Congress reduce the nation’s debt — and to elect former Gov. Angus King to the U.S. Senate.
Published
September 9, 2012

Fiscal reformer views King as ‘bridge’

Erskine Bowles says that the independent would help cut through partisanship that stymies action on the debt.
Published
September 9, 2012

ON MAINE POLITICS: Karl Rove praises Charlie Summers’ Senate campaign

Bloomberg Businessweek has an exclusive inside look at a recent meeting between Republican strategist Karl Rove and potential donors to his super PAC, American Crossroads. The story also has a Maine hook, as Rove gives his assessment of the U.S. Senate race.
Published
September 7, 2012

Obama swings through swing state next door

Before a large crowd in New Hampshire, President Obama urges voters to re-elect him and let him finish the job of fixing America’s economy.
Published
September 4, 2012

Advocates: Maine’s health insurance deregulation not working

The report is the latest to track the effects of Public Law 90 on the state’s health insurance market.
Published
September 4, 2012

LePage leading trade mission to China next week

The seven-day trip will be LePage’s first overseas trade mission.
Published
September 2, 2012

ON MAINE POLITICS: Both sides of same-sex marriage seek financial support

At least a couple of times a week, both sides in the gay-marriage campaign are sending out emails asking for money.
Published
September 1, 2012

Summers’ new front against King may be in the wind

Republicans criticize the independent former governor as a wind farm developer who benefited from a controversial federal loan guarantee. Angus King, however, says he’s proud of the Record Hill project.