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The Maine Democratic Party was revitalized by Edmund Muskie during the 1950s and 1960s. Muskie served as Governor, Senator and finally Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter. The Democratic Party has history dating back to the 1800s. Maine entered the Union in 1820 as an Anti-Federalist state. Soon after, in 1834, the Anti-Federalists ...
Ahead of Tuesday's election, Democrats held 23 seats in the Senate and 67 seats in the House, according to the Maine Legislature's website. Since 2009, the Senate majority has flipped four times ...
After Democrats regained control of the legislature in the 2012 elections, Mills was again chosen as attorney general, resigned as vice chair of the Maine Democratic Party, [15] and took the oath of office as attorney general on January 7, 2013. [16] She was reelected on December 3, 2014, despite the Maine Senate coming under Republican control ...
Democrats have a larger majority in the 35-seat Maine Senate but would still need at least a handful of Republicans to join them along with all 22 Democratic members.
The 2024 Maine Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 32 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. [1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills and other leading Democrats are pressing to end future legislative debate over abortions by amending the state constitution to enshrine the right to reproductive health care ...
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden carried Maine by about 9 percentage points on the same ballot. [2] As the only seat up held by a Republican in a state that voted for Kamala Harris in 2024 and Collins' record of overperformance despite the state's Democratic lean, Maine is considered a key Senate battleground in 2026.
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers, one endorsed by former President Donald Trump, are seeking the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S ...