Stories by Michael Shepherd

6 years ago

Mills and Moody are tied in race to replace LePage, new poll finds

Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills are in a dead heat in the 2018 race to replace term-limited Maine Gov. Paul LePage, according to a poll from a Massachusetts university signaling a muddled state and no midterm slam dunk for Democrats.

6 years ago

It’s a day of reckoning for Maine Clean Election candidates

Good morning from Augusta, where legislative and gubernatorial candidates using Maine’s taxpayer-funded campaign system will be watching to see if Gov. Paul LePage’s administration releases a key disbursement of campaign funds pursuant to a court order.

6 years ago

Early endorsements point to Maine legislative battleground districts

Good morning from Augusta. National party groups and even former President Barack Obama helped to kick-start Maine’s 2018 legislative campaigns recently, issuing a battery of endorsements and priority candidates that light up battlegrounds even if they won’t swing seats.

6 years ago

Maine judge orders LePage to release public campaign funds

Backers of Maine’s public campaign system won a battle with Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday after a judge ruled that roughly $1 million in taxpayer funds must be paid to gubernatorial and legislative candidates after the governor tried to block them.

6 years ago

In campaign mode, LePage throws new barbs at Mills, state workers union

Good morning from Augusta, where Gov. Paul LePage is picking new fights with old sparring partners — Attorney General Janet Mills, the Democratic nominee to replace him in 2018, and the chief state employees union — as we approach the 90-day mark before Election Day.