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Maine election update: Key US House district goes to ranked voting, King re-elected
Votes will have to be redistributed under Maine’s ranked choice system to determine the winner of a key congressional race, election officials said. The campaigns of both Republican challenger Austin Theriault and Democratic Rep. Jared Golden said Friday that they would participate in the process, although Golden said he already won the election, without a need for additional tabulations....
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Mainers reject proposal to resurrect the state's original flag
Mainers were smitten by the state’s original flag during the 2020 bicentennial. But the retro flag’s popularity wasn’t enough to convince voters to make it the state’s official flag. Residents voted Tuesday to retain the existing flag — blue with the state seal — instead of adopting a flag that tracks closely with the state’s original flag — a...
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Dems claim victory in key Maine congressional district race; no race projection
With the balance of power in the U.S. House still up for grabs, Democrats were claiming victory in a key tossup race in Maine. While NBC News hasn’t projected a winner at 77% of votes counted, the Maine Democratic Party said Wednesday afternoon that Rep. Jared Golden held on to the seat, fending off a challenge from former NASCAR...
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Former Marine, NASCAR driver compete for pivotal congressional seat in Maine
Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate known for defying party orthodoxy, is defending his seat in Congress against Austin Theriault, a stock car driver and Republican state lawmaker. The matchup between Golden and Theriault is one of a handful of pivotal races with a chance to influence control of the U.S. House of Representatives during a competitive election year....
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Maine asks hunters to avoid eating deer, turkey in some areas because of PFAS contamination
Maine’s traditional fall hunting seasons are in full swing, but hunters are being asked to avoid eating their game in parts of the state because of the possibility of harmful chemicals in animal meat. Hunters from around the Northeast trek each autumn to Maine, where deer and wild turkeys are two of the most popular game animals. The Maine...
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Lewiston gathers to mark one year since a deadly mass shooting rocked the Maine city
With flags lowered across the state, Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by a mass shooting planned to mark the anniversary Friday in ways big and small, including a memorial service. The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the stark reality that no corner of the country is safe from...
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Rare whale found dead off Mass. died as result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear
A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear, federal authorities said. The North Atlantic right whale was found dead off Martha’s Vineyard in January. The whales are declining in population and are at the center of efforts to more tightly regulate shipping and commercial fishing off...
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Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under shell
Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and … cotton-candy colored? Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed up in fishers’ traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ laboratories over the last year. The funky-colored crustaceans inspire headlines that trumpet their rarity, with particularly uncommon baby blue-tinted critters described by some as “cotton-candy colored” often estimated at 1 in 100 million….
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Cornel West cleared to appear on ballot in Maine, where ranked voting is in play
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West can appear on the ballot in Maine, the state’s secretary of state has ruled. Shenna Bellows’ decision came Tuesday, about a week after the withdrawal of a challenge to another long-shot candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The presence of multiple third-party candidates on the Maine ballot is potentially significant because the state uses ranked...
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Lobster fishermen say tiny change in legal sizes could disrupt imperiled industry
Gerry Cushman has seen Maine’s iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the latest challenge — which might sound tiny — could be the biggest one yet. Lobster fishing is a game of inches, and the number of inches is about to change. Fishing regulators are instituting a new rule that lobster fishermen…
