A statewide poll found that a majority of Maine residents don’t believe Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) deserves to be reelected. The University of New Hampshire and the American Association of Public Opinion Research reported that 71 percent of survey takers said they don’t think Collins should return to Washington in the next election cycle,

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) said in an interview that aired Friday that she does not plan to challenge Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for Senate next year, though she didn’t entirely rule it

Jordan Wood has experience as a congressional staff member and has worked as an advocate for campaign finance reform.

Jordan Wood is among the first but certainly won't be the last person to announce their candidacy in what is expected to be one of the nation's closest-watched Senate races next year.

FREEDOM, Maine ( BDN) -- The Select Board in the town of Freedom is down to just one member after a star of “The Blair Witch Project” was voted off. Freedom residents voted 122-91 to recall Heather Donahue from the town Select Board on Wednesday.

State and local election officials from around the country in North Carolina have questioned the leaders of a federal agency tasked by President Donald Trump with implementing parts of his sweeping election overhaul executive order,

FREEDOM, Maine (WGME) -- A former Hollywood star turned Select Board member is at risk of getting the boot by local residents. Heather Donahue is best known for her role as Rei in the 1999 horror film "The Blair Witch Project.” She is now a member of the Select Board for the town of Freedom.

In 1958, breaking a string of Republican victories that began during World War I, voters picked Democrat Ed Muskie, a Rumford native coming off a successful stint as governor, as one of the state’s two U.S. senators. Since then, Maine has had had three Democratic senators, three Republican senators and one independent.

On April 10, the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would require all voters to show documentary proof of U.S. citizenship — such as a passport or certified birth certificate — just to register to vote in federal elections.

Like Nebraska, Maine divides its four Electoral College votes between its two congressional districts, often splitting the vote in presidential elections. In 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump peeled away the largely rural 2nd ...