Driving to Augusta this morning on Route 202, it became visibly obvious that political season's upon us.
There were signs all over the median -- from Susan Collins. Ethan Strimling and many others.
The June 10 primary gives the parties a chance to choose among their candidates to decide who goes on to the November general election.
But those who aren
The head of the Maine Democratic Party said this week that they are
launching an
John Frary filed his paperwork Monday to earn a spot on the November ballot challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in the 2nd Congressional District.
First Congressional District Democratic candidate Chellie Pingree filed her papers to officially get into the race this week, bring the list of Democrats who have completed their petitions to five.
Democrat Mark Lawrence and Republican Dean Scontras on Wednesday officially turned in the signatures they need to get on the June ballot.
Both are running for the 1st Congressional District seat. The primary is June 10.
Les Fossel of Alna, who came within seven votes of winning a Senate seat in 2002, is running for a House seat this time around.
Legislators, former legislators and those who want to be legislators are busy gathering signatures to run for legislative seats, all 186 of which will be up for grabs in November.
Before the Maine GOP presidential straw poll is a distant memory, I took a look at the current statewide totals and compared them to 12 Kennebec County towns.
John Frary, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress, paid a visit to the Morning Sentinel office in Waterville this week. Yes, he had his hat and cane.
Frary opposes the re-election of Democrat U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, who has a formidably good chance of winning.
