Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024

Quote of the Day

“You have to think through your conscience. What do you want to feel when you wake up tomorrow morning? It comes down to things like that.”

— Angel Loredo after voting Tuesday morning at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Donald Trump was elected president in a surprisingly decisive victory. Although Vice President Kamala Harris captured three of Maine’s four electoral votes, Trump was on track to win the country’s popular vote for the first time in his three campaigns.

Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race still hasn’t been decided. The race between U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and state Rep. Austin Theriault is one of a handful of pivotal races with a chance to influence control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. Sen. Angus King is leading his three challengers. But with much of the vote yet to be counted early Wednesday morning, it’s unclear whether ranked-choice voting will be needed to decide the four-way race.

Mainers overwhelmingly passed campaign finance reform. But Question 1 may never become law since it likely will face legal roadblocks.

See all the results so far in Maine’s elections. Plus, check on results from around the country and in Maine’s referendums.

In other election news:

Analysis: Trump wins decisive victory in a deeply divided nation

Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate for first time in four years

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree easily won a ninth term

Maine appeared poised for record turnout during Tuesday’s election

A Republican lawmaker facing domestic violence allegations lost his reelection bid

A Bangor city councilor won a seat on the Penobscot County Commission

Two incumbents were reelected to the Bangor School Committee

Brewer voters reelected two incumbents to City Council

Hermon voters elected James Stubbs to School Committee

Orono voters elected a newcomer to Town Council

An Aroostook County town may have violated state law by asking voters for ID

Bar Harbor voters rejected a proposal to relax cruise ship limits

An incumbent and a newcomer were elected to the Ellsworth City Council

Three incumbents on the Belfast City Council won reelection

Rockland’s mayor won her reelection bid to City Council

Old Orchard Beach passed Maine’s first rent control law for mobile home parks

News from Around the State

Schools across Maine placed on lockdown over hoax shooting threats

2 John Bapst administrators ‘stepped away’ from roles unexpectedly

Gritty McDuff’s Brew Pub in Freeport to close after 30-year run

Road worker injured after tractor trailer hits vehicle in central Maine

Regional Maine field hockey championships are on the line Wednesday

Why basketball star Bailey Breen chose UMaine despite 25 scholarship offers

Analysis: UMaine power play is thriving thanks to player’s net-front presence

Maine in Pictures

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

Maine’s midcoast antiques corridor boasts fascinating finds, from snowshoes and typewriters to Persian rugs, 16th-century furniture and a portrait of the Mona Lisa smoking a cigar.

Use your yard waste to make an ancient, multipurpose “dead hedge.” These Bronze Age cousins of traditional English hedgerows were once commonly made by people in Maine.

When you go up, you must come down. That’s the lesson that Ron Chase experienced on a recent mountain biking expedition in the Carrabassett Valley.

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