Greetings from Amherst to all readers of the Maine Wire: With fewer than 90 days to Election Day, it’s time…
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The two Republican candidates battling for a chance to become the next congressman from Maine’s 2nd Congressional District shared a…
When a group of left-wing millionaires and billionaires held a secret meeting in Chicago last week, big time political players…
A Rasmussen poll released Tuesday shows Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic challenger U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud tied in the 2014…
AUBURN – Former presidential candidate and Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul has endorsed Republican state senate candidate Eric Brakey of…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Shenna Bellows holds some controversial views about Bath Iron Works’ existence as a military contractor, according…
After raising more than $121,000 in the first three months of 2014, former state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin has released his…
Former state Senate President Kevin Raye announced on Tuesday that his congressional campaign raised more than $82,000 in the first…
AUGUSTA – For the first time since 2006, the Maine Republican Party will contest every state Senate and House of…
AUGUSTA – Maine’s jobless rate hit 6.7 percent in the month of October—the rosiest unemployment picture the Pine Tree State…
Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud’s Nashville smear machine is working overtime. On Monday, the Democrat candidate for governor blasted Republican Gov.…
Blaine Richardson of Belfast, 63, is a small business owner and veteran of the U.S. Navy. Richardson studied at Brandywine…
Bruce Poliquin, 59, of Oakland graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics. After college, Poliquin worked in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the shutdown turmoil in the nation’s capital city, 33 House Democrats crossed party lines Tuesday night…
Eliot Cutler, a liberal who is running for governor without party affiliation, took to Facebook on Wednesday to blast partisan…
The Michaud for Governor campaign is touting the results of an Aug. 27 poll conducted by Public Policy Polling of…
According to the Lewiston Sun Journal, unenrolled gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler of Cape Elizabeth has said he would have signed…
BREAKING: The Maine Wire has received word that Rep. Alex Willette (R-Mapelton), Assistant Minority Leader, will be dropping out of…
BELFAST – As U.S. military intervention in the Syrian civil war seems imminent, Republican candidate for Maine’s second district congressional…
Two Democrats say Mike Michaud made an intelligent remark during a fund-raiser. This just in. A couple of Democratic legislators…
PORTLAND – Portland Public Schools officials are disputing Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s claims that the city’s high schools restrict uniformed…
AUGUSTA – The Maine Republican Party is calling on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michael Michaud to denounce Democratic lawmakers for their…
Being a conservative in Maine, at least in my experience, has involved enduring a fraught relationship with the state Republican…
Gov. John E. Baldacci took to radio Tuesday morning to correct Republican “half-truths” and “misstatements” concerning Maine’s nearly $500 million…