The Quinnipiac University survey shows the Democrat up 54% to 42% over Sen. Susan Collins, but pollsters didn’t ask about independents Lisa Savage and Max Linn.
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Eric Trump to campaign in Maine and New Hampshire on Thursday
President Trump’s son Eric will hold events in Saco and Portsmouth, N.H.
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Legislative free-for-all gives Democrats 24 uncontested seats
For the first time since 1998, more than 30 seats in the Maine Legislature will go to candidates, mostly Democrats, who face no opposition in November.
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Trump denies downplaying virus, casts doubt on mask usage
In a televised town hall, the president is defensive but not agitated when pressed on his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Top HHS official apologizes for warning of violence if Trump loses
Health and Human Services spokesman Michael Caputo said on his Facebook page that scientists are conspiring against the president and suggested there could be shootings if he isn’t re-elected.
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Requests for absentee ballots in Maine approach 200,000
The latest numbers from Maine’s secretary of state suggest voters will cast a record number of absentee ballots in 2020.
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Pelosi: House to stay in session until COVID-19 aid bill passes
Both sides insist they want to pass a package, but each is entrenched in its position.
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Biden, flush with cash, boosts ad spending in battlegrounds
President Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, has implemented recent belt-tightening measures and went dark on TV multiple times in August to conserve resources.
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Maine’s high court hears arguments on citizen’s veto of ranked-choice voting
The supreme court heard from opposing lawyers in a case that will determine if a ranked-choice system will be used to award Maine’s four Electoral College votes in November’s presidential election.
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Often-overlooked US Senate candidate highlights forgotten women in her new book
Independent Lisa Savage’s new campaign book tells the story of nine American women often left out by historians.