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,

PORTLAND (WGME) – South Paris resident Robert Wessels is running for Maine Governor in 2026. Wessels describes himself as a lifelong Republican and a political outsider. He says the government in Augusta is out of control, with heavy focuses on regulations. He believes the state needs a governor who is willing to cut spending.

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.

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

Mills is one of the top Democrats in the state who could have run against Republican Sen. Susan Collins for her swing seat.

More than two-thirds of Mainers don’t think Sen. Susan Collins deserves to be re-elected next year, including most Republicans, according to a survey conducted last week. The data released Thursday by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center comes 18 months before the November 2026 election and a year before campaigns are expected to ramp up.

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 (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.

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,

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 ...