The reversal reflects a sense of rising urgency as polls tighten just a month before Election Day.
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Scott B. Taylor, Maine House 84
Social media accounts https://www.facebook.com/ScottTaylor4Maine/ Occupation: Retired Education: High School Graduate Community Organizations: West Gardiner Volunteer Fire department (42 years) Cobbosseecontee Snowmobile Club (24 years) Personal information (hobbies, etc.): I like hunting, fishing, boating, swimming, snowmobiling, flying, and making all of my own repairs on my house, cars, boats snowmobiles and equipment. Family status: Married with […]
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William Clardy, Maine House 85
Social media accounts https://www.facebook.com/ClardyforMaine Occupation: Database Developer Education: Some (eight years-plus) of undergraduate courses Community Organizations: None currently Personal information (hobbies, etc.): I’m an Army veteran (technically, a retired first lieutenant) and a third-generation volunteer firefighter (when I’ve been living in places that have volunteer fire departments). I have two grown sons (who currently live […]
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Maine’s high court denies request to put ranked-choice decision on hold
The Maine Republican Party wants to ask the federal courts to consider First Amendment arguments in a case that allows for ranked-choice voting in the November presidential election.
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Facebook expands bans on political ads as Election Day nears
Facebook says it is expanding restrictions on political advertising, including new bans on messages claiming widespread voter fraud.
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Waterville mayoral candidates debate taxes, education, ‘political elites’
Phil Bofia and Jay Coelho, each a former city councilor in Waterville, square off Wednesday night in a televised debate at the Fairfield Community Center.
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Trump’s Proud Boys remark echoes Charlottesville
The president tries to walk back his refusal to condemn the far right group during the presidential debate.
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Trump, Biden snipe from road and rails after debate chaos
The president and his Democratic challenger are competing for working-class voters in the Midwest.
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Judge declines to intervene on Maine’s absentee ballot rules
Justice William Stokes finds that changing the rules so close to the election would not be in the public interest, and that the state’s existing rules present no irreparable harm to voters.
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Collins criticizes Trump for failing to condemn Proud Boys
The Republican senator says intolerance and white supremacy ‘have no place in our country,’ and her Democratic challenger, Sara Gideon, accuses the president of sowing ‘hatred and division among Americans.’