By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“I think he has what it takes to win. He’s kind of unpolished, but in a good way. So I think he’s the one for me.” - Augusta resident Patrick Banks, explaining his support for Troy Jackson to replace Graham Platner in the U.S. Senate race.
Troy Jackson, candidate for Maine governor, and U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner at a May 19 campaign event in Kittery, Maine. (Photo by Eesha Pendharkar/Maine Morning Star)
By Eesha Pendharkar
Nirav Shah became the second high profile Democrat to drop out of the U.S. Senate race this weekend, all but paving the way for Troy Jackson to become the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee.
By Kaitlyn Budion
County Democratic committees met online and in person to select delegates, who will then attend the party’s first-of-its-kind convention in Bangor July 25, to select a Senate candidate to appear on the ballot in November.
By Eesha Pendharkar
As the public outcry against the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by federal immigration agents continues, more than a thousand people gathered in Monument Square in Portland to protest U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement.
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