LePage has a long history of undermining faith in elections

Politics

Published
October 5, 2022

LePage has a long history of undermining faith in elections

The Republican nominee for governor said at Tuesday's debate that he believes Biden was elected legitimately, but he has made many evidence-free claims that various Maine elections were stolen or rigged.
Published
October 5, 2022

First Maine gubernatorial debate kept fact checkers busy

Former Gov. Paul LePage made several false claims while Gov. Janet Mills used spin, and independent Sam Hunkler asserted he didn’t know the answers and made few factual claims at all.
Published
October 5, 2022

How Maine voted: Governor’s races 1990 – 2018

Take a look at town-by-town results for previous governor's races in Maine.
Published
October 5, 2022

Matthew R. Bean, Maine Senate 19 candidate

Senate District 19 serves towns in Franklin County — Avon, Carthage, Coplin Plantation, Dallas Plantation, Eustis, Jay, North Franklin, Phillips, Rangeley, Rangeley Plantation, Sandy River Plantation, South Franklin, Temple, Weld and West Central Franklin; and in Oxford County — Andover, Bethel, Buckfield, Byron, Canton, Dixfield, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Hartford, Lincoln Plantation, Lovell, Magalloway Plantation, Mexico, Milton Township, Newry, North Oxford, Peru, Roxbury, Rumford, South Oxford, Stoneham, Stow, Sumner, Upton, West Paris and Woodstock.
Published
October 5, 2022

Ad watch: TV spot plays into concerns about abortion restrictions if LePage is elected

The ad implies LePage supports banning abortion in cases of rape or incest, but his daughter and a spokesman strongly deny it.

Published
October 4, 2022

Livermore Falls veteran running for selectman

James "Jim" Cyr was the only resident to turn in nomination papers to finish out a two-year term vacated on July 1.
Published
October 4, 2022

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago documents dispute

His lawyers submitted the application to Justice Clarence Thomas, who oversees emergency matters from Florida and other Southern states.
Published
October 4, 2022

Candidates clash over economy, abortion in Maine gubernatorial debate

Gov. Janet Mills, former Gov. Paul LePage and independent challenger Sam Hunkler faced off for the first time ahead of the November election.
Published
October 3, 2022

Prominent donors line up behind governor candidates

Gov. Janet Mills and former Gov. Paul LePage are spending furiously in the final stretch before the election, and getting help from some familiar names.
Published
October 3, 2022

Two Freeman Township residents vie for county commission seat

Robert "Bob" Carlton and Elizabeth "Betty Ann" Listowich will challenge each other at the polls on Nov. 8.

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