The bipartisan unity that drove almost $3 trillion in COVID-19 rescue legislation has been replaced by a return to Washington dysfunction.
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COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign
The back-and-forth played out on Labor Day, the traditional start of the two-month sprint to the election.
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In battleground states, absentee ballot rejections could triple
An AP analysis finds that such disenfranchisement this year could substantially outstrip what the last presidential election saw.
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Trump, Biden spar over economy, workers in Labor Day blitz
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence each campaigned in Wisconsin, a state that Trump narrowly won in 2016.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Politics
How to win an election during a pandemic: Candidates for local offices get creative
Many of the honored traditions of handshakes, door-knocking and group events carry a risk of transmitting coronavirus.
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Pandemic, incumbency and Trump at play in Maine’s U.S. Senate race
Maine’s four-term senator, who trails Democrat Sara Gideon in the polls, increasingly has been touting her economic bona fides and the power of incumbency.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Kamala Harris’ mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test
On Monday, she will travel to Milwaukee on her first traditional campaign trip.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics, Uncategorized
PAC spending on tires, clothing spurs complaint against state Republican leader
But it is unclear how the Maine Ethics Commission will come down on the complaint because rules governing political action committees are different than those for Clean Elections candidates.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Local Elections
Contested race for one Augusta City Council at-large spot
An at-large City Council seat has two candidates, while an anticipated race for school board chairperson didn’t materialize in Augusta.
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Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking U.S. war dead
A report in The Atlantic, dismissed by the president as a ‘fake story,’ opens a new political vulnerability for the incumbent less than two months from Election Day.