Debates for Maine’s three federal races kick off this week, starting with a series of face-offs for the two candidates vying to represent Maine’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The book is filled with campaign axioms from Potholm (“Your friends will do you more harm than your enemies—if you let them”) and observations from political consultants who recall their hits and misses. If enough time has gone by, they can find humor in even their most lopsided defeats.

The surge in campaign donations in Maine and across the country reflects renewed enthusiasm among Democratic donors for Vice President Kamala Harris' candidacy, but it by no means guarantees victory in November.

One September day in 1840 the proud, independent-minded people of Maine woke up to find that they had changed their political complexion overnight. The Whig candidate for governor, Edward

Rep. Jared Golden may be the heir apparent to West Virginia’s Joe Manchin in trying to claw Democrats away from the left on issues like energy and the

More than 5,400 people per week registered to vote in the second and third weeks of September, and over 73,000 voters have requested absentee ballots this election cycle.

Joe Mailey, who is in his 11th year working for Bath Iron Works, remembers when Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden walked the picket line with him and his coworkers during a 2020 strike. “It’s easy for politicians to say the right thing — Jared does the right thing,

Election Day is now less than six weeks away, and there seems to be a surge in voter interest. According to numbers released by the Maine Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday, 11,239 people registered to vote in the two weeks between Sept.

Two law enforcement officers were thrust into the media spotlight after Maine's deadliest shooting. Now they’re facing each other in an election.

Though every seat in the Maine Legislature is on the ballot this November, the outcome for several of those races is already apparent due to candidates running unopposed. In total, there are 35 seats in the Maine Senate and 151 in the House of Representatives.

Maine (WABI) - Congress has avoided a government shutdown just weeks before the Nov. 5 election. The House and Senate gave swift approval Wednesday to a bill that keeps federal agencies funded. The Senate voted to approve the measure shortly after the House passed it earlier in the afternoon.