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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Incumbent Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson are locked in a tight race for U.S. Senate in Maine ahead of next week's midterm election.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Importers will start paying a 50% tariff Oct. 30 on Canadian shampoo, carpet and cocoa powder, part of an order announced last week as tariff relief for Maine.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles has been fined by a Maine ethics panel after admitting that his campaign accepted contributions that exceeded the state's fundraising limits.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – This November, roughly one third of gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial seats are up for reelection. A quarter of U.S. states’ secretary of state seats are up for grabs. And 296 state executive offices in 43 states are on the ballot, according to data published by the nonprofit Ballotpedia.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set to visit Maine on Thursday to stump for Democrat Troy Jackson, with the latest polls showing him locked in a tight U.S. Senate race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Maine's three-day "cooling off" period for firearm purchases remains in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider a challenge to the controversial new requirement.
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Reporting from Just the News
Manchin, a former centrist Democrat, endorsed Collins last month, calling her the "soul of the Senate," and praised her as someone "who wants to do the right thing all of the time."
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Reporting from Just the News
Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins is seeking a sixth term in her close race with Democrat Troy Jackson. Democrats have set their sights on winning the seat in their bid to retake control of the Senate.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit challenging a Maine rule requiring commercial lobstermen to use electronic vessel tracking systems.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — A nearly month-long early voting period starts in Maine on Monday that allows voters to cast ballots for governor, Congress, and other contested races ahead of the pivotal midterm elections.
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