On April 3, 2024, the Maine Senate gave its final approval to the National Popular Vote bill, and sent the bill to Governor Janet Mills (status of LD1578). Cong. Chellie Pingree says on Instagram: "I am so proud to see the Maine Legislature take this step to strengthen democracy. The...
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A. The Executive Branch of State Government be modified to provide that: 1. The Governor have the power to appoint and remove the Attorney General, the Treasurer, and the Secretary of State. 2. The Executive Council be abolished. 3. The Governor have the power of item veto. 4. The proc...
The odds of an Electoral College tie are still very small, 1.3 percent according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast. But those odds have risen as Mitt Romney has narrowed President Obama’s lead. At the beginning of October theodds of a tiewere 0.6 percent and several weeks before that they wer...
Many Democratic jurists and officials have refused to participate in this cynical effort to win the election through the courts. Maine’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Goldendenounced Bellows decision. California GovernorGavin Newsom(D)warned Democrats against embracing this legal theory. His state’s...
It was the Democratic majority in the district of Maine that effected the separation from Massachusetts, and from the date of that separation until 1853 Maine was classed as a Democratic state, although it elected a Whig governor in 1838 and in 1840, and cast its electoral vote for John Quin...
The Governor is elected every four years; no individual may serve more than two consecutive terms in this office. The current attorney general of Maine is Janet Mills. As with other state legislatures, the Maine Legislature can by a two-thirds majority vote from both the House and Senate ...
Maine voters will choose nominees for a House of Representatives seat that could be critical to determining which party wins the majority in November.
Maine voters will choose nominees for a House of Representatives seat that could be critical to determining which party wins the majority in November.
Angus King is an American politician who was elected as an Independent to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing Maine in that body the following year. He previously served as governor of the state (1995–2003).