In the last debate of the 2018 Maine gubernatorial race, Democrat Janet Mills looked to sow doubt among women about Republican Shawn Moody, while he asked her to apologize for an attack ad, and independent Terry Hayes defended her often-reproached run.
If you haven’t been following this election cycle’s caravan of candidates or still don’t quite know what is being asked in the state’s four bond questions, don’t be embarrassed. Below is a quick rundown of important details you can use to plan ahead or tab to read while you stand in line at the polls on Tuesday.
Good morning from Augusta. Maine’s gubernatorial candidates will share a debate stage for the final time on Thursday evening in a race marked so far by mostly amiable in-person meetings — which may change tonight after the race took a negative turn on Wednesday.
Good morning from Augusta. Democrats are outspending Republicans by a historic margin in legislative races in 2018 as they seek to win control of both chambers for the first time in six years — though plenty of battlegrounds remain, particularly in the Maine Senate.
Good morning from Augusta. Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is the oldest part of the nation’s oldest state by median age, putting Social Security and Medicare — the two most important government programs for seniors — at the forefront of the frantic race there.
Mainers will go to the polls on Nov. 6 for congressional, state, county and local elections. For the first time, congressional elections will be decided by ranked-choice voting, raising questions about the process and this year’s election in general.
Good morning from Augusta. Maine’s gubernatorial candidates met in their second-to-last debate on Sunday and the squabbling was again minimal as the hopefuls looked to make their closing statements in a race to be decided in eight days.
Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine’s 2018 congressional elections, but not in the race to replace Gov. Paul LePage, whose plurality elections spurred the 2016 referendum to institute the electoral method.
President Donald Trump endorsed two-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in a Thursday afternoon Twitter Post.
Students from more than 60 schools across the state chose Republican Shawn Moody as Maine’s next governor in mock voting that took place this month.
