Election
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Portland voters to choose between competing school bonds
PORTLAND — A definitive finding of mold at one elementary school included in a multimillion-dollar bond question could have an impact on how the vote goes...
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3 vie to replace Brenerman on Portland City Council
PORTLAND — Three years ago, David Brenerman ran unopposed in City Council District 5 to replace Councilor John Coyne. Now, with Brenerman not seeking election to...
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Election: 3 candidates vie for Topsham selectman seats
TOPSHAM — No one running for the Board of Selectmen is a stranger to local politics. Two incumbents and a former candidate are on the...
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Ballot questions, City Hall tenor separate Portland at-large City Council candidates
PORTLAND — City Councilor Jill Duson is challenged by two opponents as she seeks her sixth term as one of two at-large councilors. Duson, 63, of...
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Election: Husband, wife among candidates for Cape Elizabeth council, School Board
CAPE ELIZABETH — Four candidates are running to replace two town councilors in November’s municipal election. Councilors Katharine Ray and Patricia Grennon are not seeking new...
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Election: Rich challenges Costa in Portland City Council District 4
PORTLAND — Incumbent City Councilor Justin Costa is being opposed for a second term in District 4 by Kim Rich, who is making her first...
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Scarborough school budget referendum fails by narrow margin
SCARBOROUGH — Voters by a margin of less than 100 votes rejected a proposed $47.1 million school budget on Tuesday, July 25. According to unofficial results from...
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Scarborough voters reject school budget
SCARBOROUGH — Voters on Tuesday rejected the town’s $42.7 million school budget, 2,408 votes against 1,822 in favor. The budget called for $47 million in school...
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South Portland passes $49 million school budget
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city’s $49 million school budget passed overwhelmingly, 905 votes to 283. Out of more than 20,000 registered voters, less than 1,200, or...
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Freeport Water District election goes to write-in candidate with 8 votes
FREEPORT — Charly Haversat Matheson was elected to the Water District Board of Trustees as a write-in. Matheson received eight write-in votes in the Nov. 8...
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2,700 Scarborough ballots lost, found
SCARBOROUGH — Results changed, but the winners of local and state elections didn’t, after the discovery of more than 2,700 uncounted absentee ballots Wednesday morning. The...
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South Portland voters pick Beecher, Henderson for City Council
SOUTH PORTLAND — Voters re-elected City Councilor Maxine Beecher Tuesday and elected first-time candidate Susan Henderson in a seven-person race for two seats on the City Council,...
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Incumbent state Sens. Volk, Millett cruise to re-election
SCARBOROUGH — Incumbent state senators prevailed in Districts 29 and 30 on Tuesday. Sen. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough, won a decisive second term in Senate District...
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Maine House: Battle, Sirocki win tight re-election contests
SOUTH PORTLAND — Republican incumbent Rep. Kevin Battle retained his House District 33 seat Tuesday, fighting off a challenge from South Portland City Councilor Brad Fox. Battle...
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2 Jordans win Cape Elizabeth council seats
CAPE ELIZABETH — Town Councilor Caitlin Jordan was re-elected in the Nov. 8 election. Her cousin, Penny Jordan, was elected to another council seat. Caitlin Jordan...
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Democrats Vitelli, Carson win open state Senate seats
BRUNSWICK — Former Sen. Eloise Vitelli, an Arrowsic Democrat, defeated Guy Lebida, a Bowdoin Republican, 11,403 to 10,171, in Tuesday’s state Senate District 23 race. Fellow Democrat...
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Tucker unseats Clough, Merrill tops Watson for Brunswick School Board
BRUNSWICK — A record turnout of voters on Nov. 8 elected a former town councilor to replace a two-term incumbent on the School Board by a...
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Foley, Donovan win Scarborough Town Council seats
SCARBOROUGH — In a four-person race for two seats on the Town Council, incumbent Councilor Bill Donovan was re-elected Tuesday, along with first-time candidate Kathleen...
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Democrats sweep House races in Brunswick, Harpswell, Topsham, Bath
BRUNSWICK — Democrats swept the area’s state House elections on Nov. 8, although only three of the five races were contested. State Rep. Matthea “Mattie” Daughtry,...
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Topsham OKs bag fee, foam container ban; re-elects 2 selectmen
TOPSHAM — Voters on Tuesday approved ordinances to impose a 5-cent fee on single-use shopping bags and ban the use of polystyrene foam containers. The...
