Good morning from Augusta. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins stepped back from her support of one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees to date on Thursday, though she was still non-committal after another Republican senator effectively sank the nomination.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin asked a federal judge to order a new election in the 2nd Congressional District if an injunction is not granted to declare ranked-choice voting unconstitutional and him the winner.
Just days after a Superior Court judge ordered the LePage administration to implement Medicaid expansion, the governor has sought a stay of that order, arguing it would “prompt a fiscal crisis.”
Good day from Augusta. Outgoing U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin continued to put Maine’s new ranked-choice voting system through its paces on Monday, when he asked for a recount of the November election won by Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden.
After his historic loss in a ranked-choice count earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District has asked for the state’s first recount using the new method, which is unlikely to reverse the outcome and is expected to take four weeks.
A judge ordered Gov. Paul LePage’s administration to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion, which could be one of the final steps in a monthslong court battle over whether the state must provide 70,000 Mainers with health coverage.
Sixteen dissident Democrats said Monday that they will vote to deny Rep. Nancy Pelosi another stint as House speaker, a show of defiance that puts her opponents on the cusp of forcing a seismic leadership shake-up as their party prepares to take the majority.
Good morning from Augusta. The 2018 election was the best in Maine history for women candidates with Attorney General Janet Mills readying to become the state’s first female governor and a record number of women set to serve in the Maine Legislature in 2019.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s lawyers have asked the federal judge considering whether Maine’s ranked-choice system violates the U.S. Constitution to make a decision before the Dec. 14 deadline when election results must arrive at the U.S. House of Representatives.
Good morning from Augusta. With Attorney General Janet Mills moving from the state office building to the Blaine House after last week’s election, legislative Democrats are facing a five-way intraparty race to replace her, featuring candidates with a broad range of experiences.
