Independent candidate for governor Rick Bennett is getting a boost from a new national political party: The Forward Party.

Three months ago, few Mainers knew Senate candidate Graham Platner. Now he’s drawing big crowds, including more than 600 at ...

A panel of 9 members — 3 councilors and 6 elected by the public — will look at the charter and offer recommended changes.

A caucus of municipal officials chose Don Skillings of Madison to fill the vacant District 2 commissioner seat after ...

James Blaine, who nearly became president, was one of America's shrewdest senators. 'Death By Lightning' gives him his due.

A group of Democratic secretaries of state in a letter to top Trump administration officials say they’re concerned the ...

After the collapse of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s health care plan in 1994, Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell thought he ...

After months of defections by renegade school boards from affirmative state policies for transgender students in Maine, the ...

With Texas’ new map blocked by a federal court, California Democrats are emerging victorious — though the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in.

House Democrats split as some defy leadership to rebuke Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García over controversial election timing that ...

That's significantly lower than during presidential years but was higher than the past two, referendum-only elections in the ...