Maine Newsroom

10/27 Maine Senator Susan Collins has voted to confirm 52 of Trump’s anti-abortion judge nominees to federal courts (not including the Supreme Court). #maine #MEpolitics

10/27 NEW DATA: We've got new early-vote data from the Secretary of State's office. 24.7 percent of registered Maine voters have already voted — almost 222,000 votes cast. That's 32 percent higher than the 2022 midterms. Unenrolled Mainers are at 57 percent higher than 2022. #Maine #MEpolitics

10/27 Maryland Governor @iamwesmoore.bsky.social records message to Maine governor candidate Bobby Charles #maine #MEpolitics

10/27 Election Day is a week away. Do you have a plan to vote? #maine #MEpolitics

10/26 UPDATE: The Maine Secretary of State's office has begun posting DAILY updates on early vote data, so new data has been added to our dashboard at mainenewsroom.com/earlyvote/. We're up to more than 197k ballots processed, or 22 percent of the total Maine electorate. #maine #MEpolitics

10/26 The home heating oil industry has given Senator Susan Collins’s re-election efforts almost $242k this cycle. The cost for a gallon of heating oil in Maine hit a record $6.04 last week. #maine #MEpolitics

10/26 The "No Nonsense PAC" supporting Bobby Charles for governor has already spent $169,000 backing 'Independent' candidate Rick Bennett, painting him as a progressive #maine #MEpolitics

10/25 The latest early vote data in Maine shows 20 percent of registered voters have already voted in the November 3rd election. Democrats, and to a lesser extent unenrolled voters, are turning out at a pace far higher than the 2022 midterms. #maine #MEpolitics

10/25 The Trump Justice Department will send election monitors to Portland and Lewiston on Election Day #maine #MEpolitics

10/24 Maine Congressional candidate Paul LePage did submit his financial disclosure five months late. It shows all his money is in banks in Florida, not Maine. #maine #MEpolitics

10/24 Democratic Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson casts his vote and mails in his absentee ballot for November's election #maine #MEpolitics

10/23 BREAKING NEWS: The Wall Street Journal is reporting "The U.S. is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products in a bid to help Sen. Susan Collins of #Maine and other Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections, according to people familiar with the upcoming action." #MEpolitics

10/23 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on how the $70 billion Senator Susan Collins appropriated for ICE is fueling a broader effort to instill fear in and divide Americans #maine #MEpolitics

10/22 Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held a town hall meeting in Portland with Senate candidate Troy Jackson on Thursday, linking Senator Susan Collins to what she called a "ruling class" #maine #MEpolitics

10/22 Federal government releases home heating oil from reserves to address Mainers' astronomical heating costs, but analysts are skeptical it will lower costs substantially #maine #MEpolitics

10/22 Former Maine lawmakers pushed back on a GOP super PAC television ad using an altered photo of them to attack Troy Jackson #maine #MEpolitics

10/21 In Lewiston, Senator Susan Collins wouldn't say if she blamed President Trump for the state of the economy but the former U.S. senator campaigning with her, Joe Manchin, didn't hesitate to say Trump and his policies were "definitely to blame." #maine #MEpolitics

10/21 ON THIS DAY 30 years ago, Susan Collins pledged to serve just two terms in the U.S. Senate if elected #maine #MEpolitics

10/21 Senator Susan Collins will campaign Wednesday with an advisor to the private equity firm that shut down Bucksport, Jay mills, former West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin #maine #MEpolitics

10/20 Court records show Maine state Senate candidate Kati McCormick (District 15) had a protective order against her for allegedly harassing her husband’s pregnant affair partner. The swing district includes Augusta, Belgrade, China, Mt. Vernon, Sidney, Vassalboro. #maine #MEpolitics

10/20 According to TV ad reservation data for the final two weeks of the campaign, Mainers are on track to see an additional $29.6 million in advertising for the U.S. Senate race, and an additional $9.6 million for the 2nd Congressional District race. #maine #MEpolitics

10/20 President Trump has quietly aligned the U.S. with Russia in war against Ukraine, with a series of staggering moves over the last 10 days turning America's back on Ukraine and NATO #maine #MEpolitics

10/19 Matt Dunlap challenges Paul LePage to commit to living in Maine year-round if elected to Congress. LePage described himself as a 'snowbird' at Thursday night's debate. #maine #MEpolitics

10/19 Senator Elizabeth Warren calls Maine Senator Susan Collins “a rubber stamp for a wannabe king” at No Kings rally in Portland, Maine on Saturday #maine #MEpolitics

10/18 Maine Allies warn: Write-in ‘protest’ votes for Graham Platner could help President Trump ‘steal’ the election by potentially forcing the race into a multi-day ranked-choice voting tabulation #maine #MEpolitics

10/18 Fact Check: Is Paul LePage really just a “snowbird” who only lives in Florida in the winter? LePage is running for Congress in Maine's 2nd Congressional District from a rented apartment in Augusta. #maine #MEpolitics

10/17 Maine Senator Susan Collins received campaign donations from company execs after her committee appropriated $345 million for trucks the Army said it didn’t want #maine #MEpolitics

10/17 Gorham residents file lawsuit to stop Amazon distribution center #maine #MEpolitics

10/16 Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson would vote to impeach RFK Jr. if it came up; Senator Susan Collins still does not regret her vote to confirm him as Health and Human Services secretary #maine #MEpolitics

10/15 Asked in debate if she's concerned about the future of America's democracy, Senator Collins says "I think our democracy will be just fine." #maine #MEpolitics

10/15 BREAKING NEWS: The new women's pro soccer club in Portland will be called the "Maine Wildness" #maine #MEpolitics

10/15 Senator Susan Collins's spokesperson issued a stunning response after 250 Mainers, including a former chief deputy attorney general, asked state attorney general to investigate bribery allegations #maine #MEpolitics

10/15 Maine governor candidates lose it when Bobby Charles says he’s not a lobbyist despite owning lobbying firm during Wednesday night's debate on WMTW #maine #MEpolitics

10/14 FACT CHECK: Did Senator Collins introduce a bill to codify Roe v Wade, like she said in Thursday's debate? Yes, but it was savaged by abortion care advocates who wanted to see a law relevant to abortion access in 2022, not relevant to 1973. #maine #MEpolitics

10/14 Troy Jackson reminds Susan Collins the U.S. already had a deal keeping Iran from building nuclear weapons #maine #MEpolitics

10/14 In Tuesday debate, Hannah Pingree says that property tax relief would be top budget priority as Maine governor #maine #MEpolitics

10/13 Look, it’s probably best to ignore the results of public political polls in Maine at this point #maine #MEpolitics

10/13 Pro-Susan Collins super PAC runs ads in Portland, OREGON instead of Portland, MAINE #maine #MEpolitics

10/12 New York Times investigation concludes Maine Senator Susan Collins "often defies Trump but rarely stops him” #maine #MEpolitics

10/12 Troy Jackson's campaign goes up with an unconventional ad on Mainers’ heating costs #maine #MEpolitics

10/10 Court filings confirm ICE agents did add Mainers to “nice little database” of “domestic terrorists” #maine #MEpolitics

10/8 “Independent” Cumberland County District Attorney candidate Stephanie Anderson is actually a longtime Republican #maine #MEpolitics

10/8 Caribou astronaut Jessica Meir is back on earth after eight-month mission on the International Space Station #maine #MEpolitics

10/8 Former Maine prosecutor files complaint against Senator Susan Collins with Senate Ethics Committee over bribery allegations #maine #MEpolitics

10/8 President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate from Maine #maine #MEpolitics

10/7 Maine Senator Susan Collins touts the removal of road salt from the Canadian tariff list as proof of her influence, leading her opponent Troy Jackson to respond: “You can’t eat road salt” #maine #MEpolitics