Good morning from Augusta, where we’ll begin with a Monday roundup of news from Maine’s biggest campaigns.
The Democratic challenger in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District raised a boatload of cash in the year’s third quarter, but Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden has far less on hand than U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, whom he will debate for the last time tomorrow.
In the governor’s race, independent Terry Hayes is trying to make the case that Republican Shawn Moody can’t beat Democratic nominee Janet Mills, though her own poll shows that she has a long way to go if she’s going to overtake him.
Golden harnessed Democratic fundraising momentum between July and September, but Poliquin had more money left as of last month’s end. By Monday’s end, congressional candidates must report updated fundraising totals from July through September. Poliquin and Golden gave us a sneak peek of their numbers by this morning and they’re in strong positions.
To read the rest of “The latest on money, debates and polling in Maine’s closest campaign contests,” an article by contributing Bangor Daily News staff writer Michael Shepherd, please follow this link to the BDN online.
