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10 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News

Former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush to headline LePage fundraiser

Gov. Paul LePage's re-election campaign will get a financial boost July 2 at a Kennebunkport fundraiser headlined by a potential 2016 White House contender.

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Jeb Bush, US Governors, Paul LePage, Kennebunkport, ME, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Island Packet

Voters can change how Congress works

Recent polls indicate that Congress has an approval rating of 15 percent and the Obama administration is not doing much better.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Congressional wannabes begin lining up in 2nd District

Thursday's announcement by Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud that he is eyeing a run for governor set in motion a wild scramble among Republicans and Democrats hoping to win Maine's 2nd Congressional District seat if he abandons it.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Maine, US Senate, Republican, Maine Government, US Governors, Paul LePage

Swing State Project

Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 6/13

Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Paul LePage, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Jo Bonner, Hillary Clinton, Democrat

Tue Jun 11, 2013

American Thinker

Olympia Snowe Complains about Washington

Snowe, a moderate whose critics accuse her of being a RINO, was a state legislator in Maine before becoming a Congresswoman in 1979.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Carl Levin, Democrat

Kennebec Journal

Sen. King moves into permanent Washington office space

Maine's U.S. Sen. Angus King and his staff are busy packing and unpacking boxes once again this week - this time to move into permanent digs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Angus King, Republican, Maine, Scott Brown, Bowdoin College

Erie Times News

Cokie and Steve Roberts: GOP makes PNRs (progressive Northeastern Republicans) extinct

Hardly anyone noticed when Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, a Republican turned Independent, announced he was registering as a Democrat.

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Related Topix: US News, Lincoln Chafee, US Governors, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Susan Collins, Maine, Opinion

Mon Jun 10, 2013

Kennebec Journal

Data mining probe should have started seven years ago

Recent revelations about the government's data mining operation should have a familiar ring to people in Maine: This is exactly what privacy advocates were warning us about in 2006.

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Related Topix: Susan Collins, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Opinion

Sat Jun 08, 2013

Sun Journal

Olympia Snowe's book and how its themes recall those of Margaret Chase Smith

In the 15 months since Sen. Olympia Snowe stunned the nation with her surprising renunciation, both Maine and the nation have been awaiting a more revealing explanation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Maine

Free Republic

GOP Poll: Massachusetts Senate Race a Statistical Tie

A Republican polling firm has found that the Massachusetts special election for the U.S. Senate is in a dead heat.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Scott Brown, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics

Fri Jun 07, 2013

The Times

The politics of extinction

Hardly anyone noticed when Gov. Lincoln Chafee, of Rhode Island, a Republican turned independent, announced he was registering as a Democrat.

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Related Topix: US News, Lincoln Chafee, US Governors, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Susan Collins, Maine

Bangor Daily News

One resignation, many ripples

Ethan : Did you hear the news that Democratic state Sen. Seth Goodall of Sagadahoc County is resigning at the end of the session to become the New England administrator for the Small Business Administration? Ethan : As a matter of fact, he has.

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Related Topix: Sagadahoc County, ME, US News, Bowdoinham, ME, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Sue Kelly, US Senate

Keizertimes.com

No caucus for old men

Last week, Fox News' Chris Wallace spoon-fed former GOP Sen. Bob Dole one of the media's favorite questions: Could Ronald Reagan-or Dole-make it in today's Republican Party? "I doubt it," Dole answered.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Dole, Immigration Reform, Ronald Reagan, US Senate

Wed Jun 05, 2013

The American Prospect

Republicans Mad that President They Despise, Obstruct, and Lie About Doesn't Call More Often

Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is something of an odd character. As I've said before, he used to be considered a reasonable moderate, but in the last couple of years he has basically turned himself into a Tea Party wingnut, combining the ideological extremism, face palm-inducing stupidity, and general craziness that makes that political movement so ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Barack Obama

Tue Jun 04, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Maine Republicans need not be 'the party of no'

Imagine every person in Bangor clustered on the waterfront. Some stand straight.

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Related Topix: US News, Susan Collins, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Maine, Bangor, ME

Bangor Daily News

Seth Goodall resigning his Senate seat to take SBA post

Maine's Senate majority leader is resigning his seat to oversee the U.S. Small Business Administration's New England region.

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Related Topix: Susan Collins, US Politics, Maine, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Chellie Pingree, Small Business, Personal Finance, Richmond, ME

Mon Jun 03, 2013

Star Tribune

Want bipartisanship? Vote for it

Over 31 years, the yearly fundaising bash of the bipartisan Womenwinning has become predominantly a DFL affair.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Government, Minnesota, Abortion, Republican, Personal Finance, Retirement, Opinion

Statesman Journal

Bob Dole's lament: No caucus for old men

Last week, Fox News' Chris Wallace spoon-fed former GOP Sen. Bob Dole one of the media's favorite questions: Could Ronald Reagan -- or Dole -- make it in today's Republican Party? "I doubt it," Dole answered.

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Related Topix: Bob Dole, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, IGN Entertainment, Ronald Reagan, US Senate

The American Prospect

The Ugly Side of D.C.'s Corporate Bipartisanship

Over the past month, an oceanic divide has opened between European and American retailers on the question of how to respond to the manmade epidemic of deadly disasters in the garment industry of Bangladesh, the world's second largest clothing exporter.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Sun Jun 02, 2013

Switched

Marsha Blackburn: Women 'Don't Want' Equal Pay Laws

During a roundtable discussion on NBC's Meet The Press, former White House advisor David Axelrod asked if she would support a law promoting workplace gender equality.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Marsha Blackburn, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins