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Campaign news and notes
— Maine politicians will be out and about on primary day. Gov. Janet Mills will be voting in her hometown of Farmington at 10:30 a.m., her campaign said. Poliquin will do a morning swing between polling places in Lewiston and Augusta, ending the day at Season's Restaurant in Bangor after polls close.
— The final messages from the major state political parties ahead of Tuesday's special Maine Senate election were dire. Democrats said in a Monday fundraising email that a Langley win would jeopardize "our work to protect Roe, same-sex marriage, and more." Republicans hit Grohoski and said "Democrats have failed us and we need to create change at the ballot box."
— Results should come in relatively quickly across Maine tonight since there is little on the ballots in most places. We are expecting a healthy amount of cities and towns to report results between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Calls in some of the most competitive races could soon follow. Portland, which has ranked-choice school board races, will run tabulations on Wednesday. |
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What we're reading
— Rep. Jeff Gifford, R-Lincoln, a longtime state lawmaker and selectman in his hometown, died on Sunday at 75. It is the chamber's fourth death this year.
— Maine's housing affordability crisis is also hitting mobile homes. The median price of mobile and modular homes in Cumberland County jumped from a median value of $67,000 in early 2019 to $168,000 early this year.
— The owner of a Jonesport nursing home that illegally barred a 79-year-old transgender woman from living there has adopted a comprehensive nondiscrimination policy in a settlement with state regulators.
— Forever chemicals increasingly being found in Maine land and water have been linked to another health condition in women. |
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| A waxing gibbous moon is seen at 98 percent full as it rises near the Nubble Light, Monday, June 13, 2022, in York. The moon will reach its full stage on Tuesday, during a phenomenon known as a Supermoon because its proximity to Earth, and it is also labeled as the "Strawberry Moon" because it is the full moon at strawberry harvest time. (AP photo by Julio Cortez) |
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| đź“· Lead photo: Liz Caruso, a candidate for Maine's 2nd Congressional District, speaks at the Republican state convention on April 30, 2022, in Augusta. (AP photo by Robert F. Bukaty) |
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