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.

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

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

PORTLAND (WGME) – Election Day is in six weeks, and the state of Maine is seeing a surge in voter registration. Between voters registering, updating or checking their registration, more than 22,000 people have used the state’s online voter registration site since July 1.

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