Politics
Thursday, June 17th, 2010, 5:24 am
GOP candidates stand firm behind LePage — for the most part
WATERVILLE — Paul LePage and the six Republicans he defeated in the June 8 primary gathered Wednesday for a show of unity on the steps of City Hall, with each of the former candidates pledging their support for the mayor …
Thursday, June 17th, 2010, 1:08 amDemocrats rally behind Mitchell
SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine Senate President Libby Mitchell and three of her former opponents in the Democratic primary for governor gathered Wednesday in a show of party unity at a spaghetti supper attended by Maine Governor John Baldacci and other …
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010, 2:58 amLePage? Apparently.
The results of last night’s Republican primary were apparent as soon as the first returns started coming in — LePage was up from the start and never slipped into second place. He won Bangor, Lewiston-Auburn and Augusta, which was somewhat …
Monday, June 7th, 2010, 5:45 pmA few thoughts as we head into the Primaries
Updated with a few unsurprising, but nonetheless interesting, factoids. It will be interesting to see the results of tomorrow’s primaries in Maine, as neither party seems to have a breakout candidate. Susan Cover posted some interesting numbers in today’s Kennebec …
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010, 9:15 amScarcelli and Franco-Mainers
According to the 2005 American Community Survey, 4.47 percent of Maine’s population speaks French. In Louisiana, that number is only 3.19 percent, making Maine the most French-speaking state per capita in the country. In an effort to target Franco-American voters, …
Monday, May 24th, 2010, 12:03 pmChat archives with gubernatorial candidates
Sorry for my lack of posting over the last few days, folks. But here’s something great, courtesy of the Kennebec Journal: You can see the archived gubernatorial chats that have already been conducted and keep up with the ones coming …
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010, 11:12 amOn lawn signs and voter ID
After the much talked about polling results from Critical Insight showed that Les Otten enjoys twice the voter recognition, or voter ID, of the next most known candidate, Peter Mills, I started thinking about lawn signs. Lawn signs are distributed …
Friday, May 14th, 2010, 10:45 amJacobson campaign links U.S. Chamber of Commerce to NYC bomb plot
After today’s announcement that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will run ads in support of Republican Steve Abbott for governor, fellow Republican candidate Matt Jacobson’s campaign manager Bill Becker had this to say in a press release: On a day …
Thursday, May 13th, 2010, 2:08 pmMaine GOP turns toward the Tea Party
The Maine Republican Party has adopted a new official platform that contains not only the traditional conservative values of the party, but also new positions inspired by the Tea Party movement. The platform includes support of abolishing the Department of …
About the editor
Mario Carmine Moretto is editor of Politicator, the Observer’s politics blog. He also serves as a copy editor for the Kennebec Journal and was news editor for The Maine Campus, the twice-weekly newspaper at the University of Maine. He can be reached on Twitter @riocarmine and by e-mail at mario@maineobserver.net.