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Katahdin region Democrats to caucus in Millinocket on Sunday
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Democrats in the Katahdin region will caucus next weekend at the town office and elect delegates to the state Democratic Party Convention, party representatives said Monday. Registered Democratic Party members from East Millinocket, Medway and Millinocket will hold separate caucus meetings at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, ...
Romney plays family card in Michigan
By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers on Feb. 19, 2012, at 7:58 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney likes to tell people in Michigan he’s one of them — and whether voters see him that way could be crucial in determining his political fate. Romney, 64, who is in a tense battle for the Republican presidential nomination, grew up in the Detroit area. His ...
Snowe’s GOP rivals encouraged by energy after caucuses
By David Sharp, The Associated Press on Feb. 19, 2012, at 2:11 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Sen. Olympia Snowe’s primary challengers hope to ride conservative momentum driven by Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s strong showing in Maine’s caucuses. Libertarian tea party activist Andrew Ian Dodge and self-proclaimed conservative constitutionalist Scott D’Amboise both hope to draw support from followers of the libertarian congressman from Texas, ...
Votes in the 2012 Maine GOP presidential nominee preference poll
on Feb. 18, 2012, at 5:14 p.m.
Source: Maine GOP and Bangor Daily News. Rows in green are recent results, rows in red are outstanding towns.
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Ron Paul wins big in Washington County, statewide results unchanged
EAST MACHIAS, Maine — Ron Paul’s strong showing in weekend caucuses in Washington, Hancock and Kennebec counties is challenging the notion that Maine belongs to Mitt Romney. In the presidential preference poll conducted at Washington County’s GOP caucus on Saturday, Paul attracted 163 votes to Mitt Romney’s 80. In the ...
Live updates from the GOP caucuses in Hancock and Washington counties
on Feb. 18, 2012, at 10:51 a.m.
BDN reporter Tom Walsh is covering the final GOP caucuses in Maine today as Republicans in Washington County and parts of Hancock County declare their preference for a presidential nominee.
Obama raises $29 million for campaign, Democrats
By JIM KUHNHENN, the Associated Press on Feb. 17, 2012, at 8:07 p.m.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pulled in $29.1 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party in January, raising his total for this election cycle to about $250 million. The sum, announced Friday, shows he’s picked up the pace from his $23 million-a-month average of the final three months ...
Controversy continues as some Maine towns gear up for GOP caucuses this weekend
EAST MACHIAS, Maine — The controversy that continues to plague efforts by Maine’s registered Republicans to indicate their presidential nominee preferences moves to Washington and Hancock counties on Saturday, Feb. 18. A snowstorm prompted cancellation of Washington County’s caucus last weekend, and Hancock County’s two GOP caucuses were long-scheduled for ...
Maine GOP head: Romney still winner after recount of caucuses
The Associated Press on Feb. 17, 2012, at 3:14 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — The head of the Maine Republican Party says Mitt Romney is still the winner of this month’s GOP presidential caucuses following a recount of the votes. The party last Saturday announced Romney was the narrow winner over Ron Paul, with a 194-vote winning margin out of 5,585 ...
Maine GOP will count Washington County results in state caucus tally
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Republican Party has reversed course and will recommend that delayed caucus results from Washington County be included in its final presidential poll tally. The party also is reconfirming results from local caucuses in the wake of the recent controversy over how its presidential caucuses were ...
GOP takes deep look at caucus mishaps
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post on Feb. 15, 2012, at 10:04 p.m.
Top Republicans are calling for a review of the methods used in presidential caucuses after a series of vote-counting mishaps in three early states. Maine on Tuesday became the latest state to fall victim to the caucus bug, with the Bangor Daily News noting that the state GOP declared Mitt ...
14 Hancock County towns to hold GOP caucuses Saturday
HANCOCK, Maine — For those keeping close watch on the state primary and caucus scorecard of the Republican Party presidential nominating contest, Washington County will be the main focus of their attention this weekend. But GOP voters in the country’s easternmost county are not the only ones who might influence ...
Romney in an unexpected battle to win Michigan, his home state
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers on Feb. 15, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Once assured of victory on friendly turf, Mitt Romney faces a potentially devastating loss of his home state of Michigan to Rick Santorum, which could upend the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Romney, the son of a popular former Michigan governor and a onetime Detroit auto executive, ...
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Waldo County Republicans call for censure of state GOP chairman after caucus controversy
AUGUSTA, Maine — Members of the Waldo County GOP Committee voted Tuesday evening to recommend a censure of Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster for his handling of the party’s presidential caucuses. Raymond St. Onge, who leads the Waldo County GOP, said the initial motion was to call for a ...
Elie Wiesel calls for Romney’s help to end Mormons’ proxy baptisms of Jews
By Peter Wallsten and Jason Horowitz, The Washington Post on Feb. 14, 2012, at 11:03 p.m.
Nobel-laureate Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and a top official from the Simon Wiesenthal Center said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney should use his stature in the Mormon church to block its members from posthumously baptizing Jewish Holocaust victims. Their comments followed reports that Mormons had baptized the deceased ...
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Pressure mounting for GOP caucus reconsideration
AUGUSTA, Maine — Pressure is mounting on the Maine Republican Party to reconsider its weekend declaration that Mitt Romney won the state’s caucuses, at least until all votes have been counted. The Maine GOP announced Saturday that Romney narrowly edged Ron Paul, 39 percent to 36 percent, in a nonbinding ...
Pressure grows for Maine recount in Mitt Romney win over Ron Paul
By Glenn Adams, The Associated Press on Feb. 14, 2012, at 5:00 a.m.
Party leaders acknowledged that some mistakes elsewhere occurred in tallying votes, but the sum of the errors was not significant.
Most of Romney’s top fundraisers remain anonymous
By RICHARD LARDNER, the Associated Press on Feb. 13, 2012, at 10:19 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Despite criticism of Fannie Mae by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, his campaign accepted nearly $280,000 in donations raised by a registered lobbyist who once represented the government mortgage giant and whose clients now include a private equity firm and the drug company Pfizer. Yet Romney has not ...
Poll: Santorum surges past Romney; both Republicans trail Obama
By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau on Feb. 13, 2012, at 8:57 p.m.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama for the first time has opened a sizable lead over his most likely Republican opponents, thanks to growing support among independent voters, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. The poll, released Monday, showed Rick Santorum in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney in ...
Lower Republican turnout seen as warning sign
By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times on Feb. 13, 2012, at 6:39 p.m.
LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, driven by anti-Obama passion, Republicans stormed the polls, punishing Democrats in a rout that delivered control of the House and swept hundreds of GOP candidates to victory across the country. But now that Republicans are picking a candidate to face the president in November, ...
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Maine inspires chefs and foodies nationwide
Photos of Mainers who served in Vietnam War needed for national center
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