Douglas A. Thomas, Maine Senate 5 candidate

Maine senate

Published
September 19, 2022

Douglas A. Thomas, Maine Senate 5 candidate

Maine Senate 5 parts of Franklin County, including Carrabassett Valley, Chesterville, East Central Franklin, Farmington, Industry, Kingfield, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Strong, Wilton and Wyman Township; in Kennebec County, Rome and Vienna; and in Somerset County, Anson, Athens, Bingham, Brighton Plantation, Cambridge, Caratunk, Central Somerset, Cornville, Dennistown Plantation, Embden; Harmony, Hartland, Highland Plantation, Jackman, Mercer, Moose River, Moscow, New Portland, Northeast Somerset, Northwest Somerset, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Ripley, Seboomook Lake, Smithfield, Solon, St. Albans, Starks, The Forks Plantation and West Forks Plantation.
Published
September 19, 2022

Russell Black, Maine Senate 5 candidate

Maine Senate 5 parts of Franklin County, including Carrabassett Valley, Chesterville, East Central Franklin, Farmington, Industry, Kingfield, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Strong, Wilton and Wyman Township; in Kennebec County, Rome and Vienna; and in Somerset County, Anson, Athens, Bingham, Brighton Plantation, Cambridge, Caratunk, Central Somerset, Cornville, Dennistown Plantation, Embden; Harmony, Hartland, Highland Plantation, Jackman, Mercer, Moose River, Moscow, New Portland, Northeast Somerset, Northwest Somerset, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Ripley, Seboomook Lake, Smithfield, Solon, St. Albans, Starks, The Forks Plantation and West Forks Plantation.
Published
April 12, 2022

Maine Senate confirms Rick Lawrence to the state’s highest court

Lawrence will be the first Black justice to sit on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Published
March 22, 2022

Senate approves college debt relief for first-time homebuyers

Many could have up to $40,000 in student loan debt forgiven through a Maine State Housing Authority program.
Published
September 10, 2021

As deadline nears, panel provides no details for redrawing Maine’s voting districts

The special legislative commission had little for the public to weigh in on Friday when it held its first public hearing on the redistricting.

Published
March 19, 2021

Maine Senate president: Maine Med nurses deserve to be heard. With a union, they will be.

By banding together, the nurses who have been there for patients like me will be better able to speak out and improve their own health and safety conditions.
Published
February 25, 2021

Maine Senate confirms nomination of DEP commissioner

The confirmation of Melanie Loyzim was one of more than 50 nominations considered for posts ranging from the judiciary to the Maine Turnpike Authority to the Maine Board of Education.
Published
September 24, 2020

Incumbent Bellows faces challenge from Hallowell Mayor Walker for Maine Senate

Mark Walker, the Republican mayor of a largely liberal city, is opposing Democratic state Sen. Shenna Bellows, a two-term incumbent from Manchester, for the District 14 seat.
Published
August 18, 2020

Maine Senate will meet to vote on ethics commission nominees

The long-awaited confirmation votes could finally fill vacancies on the state's five-member panel that oversees state election laws.
Published
July 31, 2020

Incumbent Kim Rosen wins Republican primary recount in Senate District 8

The two-term Republican incumbent fended off primary challenger Larry Lockman by 52 votes in a closely watched primary. Rosen will now face Democratic challenger Beverly Ulenhake in the Nov. 3 election.