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.

The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 dockworkers from Maine to Texas, is pushing for a 77% pay increase.

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

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

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

A piece of anonymous campaign mail is testing the state's ability to enforce stricter laws related to municipal ballot measures.

Though every seat in the Maine Legislature is on the ballot this November, the outcome for several of those races is already apparent due to candidates running unopposed. In total, there are 35 seats in the Maine Senate and 151 in the House of Representatives.

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.