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Graham Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary

Platner, whose campaign was hit by series of negative headlines, to face Susan Collins in key midterm contest

The Guardian - UK

Ranked choice voting: Maine's new normal

Maine voters offer real hope for democracy — and it's got nothing to do with Graham Platner

Salon

At the Races: Maine’s moment

Welcome to a special edition of At the Races! Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for Election Day. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Mary Ellen McIntire and…

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Vance focuses on fraud while in Maine and ignores economy as Trump’s Iran war sends prices soaring

The visit to Maine follows an earlier call from Dr. Oz for corrective action regarding alleged fraud in government health programs within the state

The Independent UK

Maine’s Joe Baldacci is latest Democrat to join race for Golden’s seat

Maine state Sen. Joe Baldacci, the brother of former Rep. and Gov. John Baldacci, is running to succeed Democratic Rep. Jared Golden.

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Maine Democrat Jordan Wood ends Senate bid to run for Golden’s seat - Roll Call

Maine Democrat Jordan Wood is ending his Senate campaign to run for the battleground House seat that Rep. Jared Golden is vacating.

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Maine Rep. Jared Golden will not run for reelection in 2026 - Roll Call

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won’t seek reelection next year, opening up a rural Maine seat that could be tough for his party to hold.

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Vulnerable Maine Rep. Jared Golden draws primary challenger - Roll Call

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, a top Republican target representing a rural Maine seat, has drawn a high-profile primary challenger.

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At the Races: The Art of the Sale - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including GOP's quest to sell the 'big beautiful' law.

Roll Call

Jared Golden opts for reelection bid over statewide campaign in Maine - Roll Call

Rep. Jared Golden, the Maine Democrat who won a district that delivered its Electoral College vote to Trump, is running for reelection.

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Medicaid and taxes and SNAP, oh my - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including ad campaigns and vulnerable lawmakers.

Roll Call

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage running for Congress - Roll Call

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced Monday that he was running for the state's 2nd District represented by Democrat Jared Golden.

Roll Call

At the Races: We don’t need no Education (Department) - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including more federal layoffs and Senate retirements.

Roll Call

Autocracy, Inc review – fears for liberalism and democracy

Anne Applebaum’s book charts the rise of the world’s strongmen. Has the rules-based international order been defeated?

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Governors undermine measures that win

Voters don’t always have final say

The Conversation

Voters don't always have final say -- state legislatures and governors are increasingly undermining ballot measures that win

Less than half of Americans trust elected officials to act in the public’s interest.

The Guardian - US

Georgia’s runoff was a resounding rebuke of Trumpism. Will Republicans hear it?

Come January, Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues will face a 51-49 Senate Democratic majority – making Biden’s job a little easier

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A closer look at the 229 incumbents who lost state legislative primaries

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Paul LePage: is Maine ready to welcome back the ‘Trump before Trump’?

The Republican ex-governor was known for his offensive, belligerent attitude – but this time, he says he’s reformed

Ballotpedia

ESG and state executive official elections

Welcome to the Thursday, October 13, Brew.

The Independent UK

Republican LePage says he would veto 15-week abortion ban

Former Gov. Paul LePage says he’d veto a bill banning abortions at 15 weeks — news that's disappointing to anti-abortion groups

The Independent UK

Shying from Trump, ex-Maine Gov. Paul LePage seeks job back

When then-Gov. Paul LePage endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2016, LePage credited himself as a prototype for the insurgent candidate

The Independent UK

Fishermen must be heard about whale rules, Maine gov says

Maine’s governor says the federal government is moving ahead too quickly with potential new restrictions on the lobster fishing industry, and isn’t taking the industry’s concerns about the changes into account

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Incumbent Janet Mills (D), Paul LePage (R), and Sam Hunkler (I) are running in the general election for governor of Maine

Incumbent Janet Mills (D), Paul LePage (R), and Sam Hunkler (I) are running in the general election for governor of Maine on November 8, 2022.

The Guardian - US

New legal filings paint Trump as a flailing liar surrounded by lackeys

‘I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information,’ Trump once vowed. As promises go, that one aged badly

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