by Gordon L. Weil | June 6, 2021
The Democrats are afraid. They hold the presidency and control both houses of Congress. Yet they are afraid. They fear passing their bills over the objections of united Republicans and exercising what history calls the “Tyranny of the Majority.” Some voters, including...
by Gordon L. Weil | February 21, 2021
Seven Republican senators, including Maine’s Susan Collins, voted to convict Donald Trump in his recent impeachment trial, and they are getting a bum rap. It’s not because of attacks from home-state Republicans for disloyalty; it’s because some pundits suggest they...
by Susan Cover, Darren Fishell and Meg Robbins | October 25, 2020
Every day when she gets home from work, Sharon Houle is greeted by five or six pieces of oversized cardstock trying to convince her how to vote. She constantly changes the radio in her car to avoid political advertisements. She records most of her television shows so...
by John Blodgett | July 8, 2020
Bruce Poliquin, the former congressman from Maine, said he was asked by state and national Republican leaders to try and reclaim his seat from first-term Democratic representative Jared Golden in what would have been a rematch of their 2018 race. He declined. Then...
by Darren Fishell | June 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: This story was updated on June 25, 2020 with a video tutorial to help people use these interactive graphics. Mainers are facing a historic congressional election season. In November, voters will decide whether to keep Sen. Susan Collins — the...
