Tag: Maine

Gov.-elect Janet Mills speaks to reporters Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Portland, Maine. Mills will be the state's first woman governor.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills plans to gut GOP’s Medicaid work requirement

Kimberly Leonard · January 22, 2019 10:38 pm

Gov. Paul LePage delivers the State of the State address in Maine.

GOP governor ratifies Democratic victory but scrawls ‘election stolen’ on certificate

Naomi Lim · December 29, 2018 1:13 am

Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, speaks at a news conference at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.

GOP lawmaker drops challenge to Maine’s ranked-choice voting

Daniel Chaitin · December 24, 2018 11:59 pm

U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif, addresses members of the media and supporters waiting for elections results at the Skosh Monahan's Irish Pub in Costa Mesa, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

Ousted California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher moving to Maine

Caitlin Yilek · December 12, 2018 4:30 pm

Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, speaks at a news conference at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.

Maine Republican Bruce Poliquin seeks new election if Democrat’s victory isn’t invalidated

Diana Stancy Correll · November 28, 2018 5:29 pm

"I just love to sit in my office and make up ways so they'll write these stupid stories because they are just so stupid," Maine Gov. Paul LePage said. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine GOP governor requests delay on Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Kimberly Leonard · November 27, 2018 10:36 pm

Judge sets deadline for Maine Obamacare Medicaid expansion

Kimberly Leonard · November 21, 2018 7:24 pm

U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, walks ahead of employees of the ND Paper mill during a campaign stop in Old Town, Maine.

Maine Republican loses seat to Democrat after ranked-choice votes counted

Diana Stancy Correll · November 15, 2018 10:22 pm

In this Nov. 12, 2018 file photo, ballots are prepared to be tabulated for Maine's 2nd Congressional District's House election in Augusta, Maine. Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin and three voters sued Tuesday, Nov. 13, over Maine's new voting system, used for the first time in U.S. House and Senate elections. A lawyer for Poliquin's campaign asked the secretary of state to stop the tabulations to allow a judge to rule, but the secretary declined to stop the process.

Beltway Confidential

Bruce Poliquin wants a federal judge to throw out Maine’s instant-runoff vote. It’s a long shot

David Freddoso · November 13, 2018 6:59 pm

Election workers place ballots into electronic counting machines, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, at the Broward Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, Fla. The Florida recount began Sunday morning in Broward County.

Beltway Confidential

States are experimenting with voting systems — some work better than others

David Davenport · November 12, 2018 4:14 pm

Cathey Park from Cambridge, Mass. shows the words "I Love Obamacare" on her cast for her broken wrist as she waits for President Barack Obama to speak at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall about the federal health care law, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Faneuil Hall is where former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Obama's rival in the 2012 presidential election, signed the state's landmark health care law in 2006, with top Democrats standing by his side.

Election night ushers in more Medicaid coverage for the poor via Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard · November 7, 2018 10:04 am

Gov. Paul LePage speaks at the Republican Convention, Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Augusta, Maine.

Beltway Confidential

It is perfect that Gov. Paul LePage is ditching Maine for Florida

Philip Wegmann · November 5, 2018 8:49 pm