Elections
Attorney general promises to step aside if victorious in Senate GOP primary
AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican U.S. Senate candidate William Schneider says he will resign from his post as Maine’s attorney general if he comes out on top in a six-way June 12 Republican primary. Schneider, one of six Republicans vying to succeed Olympia Snowe in the U.S. Senate, announced Friday that ...
Romney running mate search enters audition phase
By KASIE HUNT, The Associated Press on May 24, 2012, at 8:16 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a possible shot at the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket are starting to engage in unofficial public tryouts for the traditional vice presidential role of attack ...
Maine Education Association backs same-sex marriage referendum
PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Education Association voted Sunday to endorse the referendum on the November ballot that would allow same-sex couples in Maine to marry. “We are grateful for the support of the Maine Education Association and for the organization’s vote to endorse the campaign to allow same-sex couples ...
Augusta candidate charged with falsifying Clean Election contributions
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine House candidate from Augusta is facing a criminal charge after allegedly encouraging 13 people to falsely claim they made personal contributions to qualify him for Maine Clean Election Act funding. Michael Hein, a Republican candidate for House District 57 and a former employee of the ...
Steve Woods files ballot petitions for US Senate
The Associated Press on May 24, 2012, at 11:15 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Independent Steve Woods of Yarmouth has submitted his ballot petitions to appear on the November ballot for the U.S. Senate. The business executive and chairman of the Yarmouth Town Council submitted his petitions this week to the secretary of state’s office. Woods, who’s president and CEO of ...
Obama, Romney in dead heat on economy
By Dan Balz, The Washington Post on May 23, 2012, at 12:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON — After months of aggressive campaigning on jobs and the economy, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger, are locked in a dead heat over who could fix the problem foremost on voters’ minds, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The parity on economic ...
Will the 125th Legislature ride again?
By Chris Hall, Portland Regional Chamber on May 21, 2012, at 11:13 a.m.
Editor’s note: This report is compiled biweekly for members of the Portland Regional Chamber. It provides a breakdown of recent news around state policy, as well as a heads-up on coming events. The Bangor Daily News is publishing this report in cooperation with the PRC. PRC speaks out The ...
Legislators turn focus from lawmaking to campaigning with close of session
By CLARKE CANFIELD, The Associated Press on May 19, 2012, at 12:03 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine legislators have turned their attention from lawmaking to campaigning with the close of the legislative session and a third of all seats becoming vacant for November’s election. Even though it’s a short session ending in May rather June, lawmakers were eager to get out of Augusta ...
Romney launches sunny ad in swing states
The Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 9:12 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney on Friday launched his first general election ad with an appeal to four key swing states as he tried to set a positive tone while promising he’ll start working on “Day One” for tax cuts, changes in health care laws and approval of the Keystone XL ...
House OKs GOP’s $642 billion defense bill despite objections from multiple quarters
By DONNA CASSATA, The Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 6:46 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks a deficit-cutting deal with President Barack Obama and restricts his authority in an election-year challenge to the Democratic commander in chief. The House voted 299-120 for the fiscal 2013 spending ...
Maryland governor O’Malley to speak at Maine Democratic convention
The Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 10:15 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Democratic Party says Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will deliver the keynote address at the Maine party’s state convention in Augusta next month. The convention runs June 1-3. O’Malley will speak on June 2. O’Malley, a rising star in the Democratic Party and Democratic Governors Association ...
Romney raised $40 million in April, nearly matching Obama’s haul
By Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau on May 17, 2012, at 8:06 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney pulled in more than $40.1 million for his election effort last month, his campaign said Thursday, a near match of President Barack Obama’s April fundraising haul. It was the first month Romney could reap the benefits of a joint fundraising venture with ...
Could Europe decide America’s election?
By Andy Sullivan and Peter Apps, Reuters on May 17, 2012, at 9:40 a.m.
NAVARRE, Ohio — The busy shop floor at Miller Weldmaster Corp could make a great location for an Obama campaign ad. As workers assemble the family-owned company’s hot-air fabric welders, used to manufacture everything from inflatable rafts to truck tarps, it’s hard to know the recession of 2007-2009 ever happened. ...
Romney’s April fundraising rivals Obama’s
By Susan Heavey, Reuters on May 17, 2012, at 9:32 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney raised almost as much money as President Barack Obama last month, taking in more than $40.1 million in fundraising efforts, the Romney campaign reported on Thursday. Romney’s April contributions are three times the amount the presumptive Republican nominee raised in March. The surge ...
No sure thing for GOP: a tight battle for Senate
By DAVID ESPO, The Associated Press on May 16, 2012, at 10:02 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end. Adding to the ...
Centrist group having trouble finding a presidential candidate
By Krissah Thompson and Aaron Blake, The Washington Post on May 16, 2012, at 9:32 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The United States is still not ready for a third party. Americans Elect, a group that has spent the past two years securing ballot access for a yet-to-be-named centrist presidential candidate, has a significant problem: It can’t find a candidate. The group said Tuesday that no candidate has ...
Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words
By NANCY BENAC, The Associated Press on May 16, 2012, at 8:19 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney’s unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney “the worst Republican in the country” to run against President Barack Obama? They’re hoping you don’t. And acting like it never happened (even though most of their words are just clicks ...
Romney attacks Obama on economic recovery
By John McCormick, Bloomberg News on May 16, 2012, at 8:09 p.m.
CHICAGO — Mitt Romney decried the ballooning federal debt, accusing President Obama of contributing to a mounting deficit he said stifles economic recovery and “threatens what it means to be an American.” “America counted on President Obama to rescue the economy, tame the deficit and help create jobs,” the presumed ...
Republicans gain ground in Wisconsin, poll finds
By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau on May 16, 2012, at 7:21 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Three weeks away from the state’s hotly contested recall election, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has taken a lead over his Democratic challenger among likely voters, a new poll shows. Looking ahead to November, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have moved into a dead heat, 46 percent-46 ...
High stakes in Romney-Obama battle over Bain, economy
By Dan Balz, The Washington Post on May 16, 2012, at 7:02 p.m.
President Barack Obama’s Chicago-based campaign team has been waiting months to launch a real attack against Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital. Even before Romney’s Republican rivals started going after him, Obama’s team was preparing for the moment that arrived this week. There is no mystery to the strategy under ...
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
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Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory
Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
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Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
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Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
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