Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is part of an endangered species: A New England Republican serving in Congress. There’s just two of them among the 33 Senate and House members representing the region’s six states — Collins and Sen. Kelly Ayotte...
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Senators Susan Collins and Joe Lieberman hold a press conference on Capitol Hill.
Maine’s Susan Collins Hones Formula for Political Survival
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Rachel Baker, left, and Christine Tully wait in line to get their marriage license at the Manhattan City Clerk's office in New York.
Same-Sex Marriage Gains Support
First, voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington state legalized same-sex marriage in November. Now comes a new poll showing strong support for that nationwide. The survey by Hamden, Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University found 48 percent of U.S. voters supporting same-sex marriage,...
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Sen.-elect Angus King, I-Maine, center, the former governor of Maine, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 13, 2012. Photograph by Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
King of the Caucus: Democratic
Senator-elect Angus King of Maine, elected as an independent, says he will caucus with the Democrats. That will give the Senate’s Democrats a 55-45 edge over Republicans when they convene a new session of Congress in January. King, announcing his...
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Independent Senator-elect Angus King from Maine. Photograph by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo
King’s Caucus Call: Tomorrow
Senator-elect Angus King of Maine says probably will decide which party to caucus with in time to vote in tomorrow’s congressional leadership elections. “I will probably have some comment for you some time tomorrow,” King, an independent who beat a...
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Maine independent Senate candidate Angus King speaks at a news conference in Brunswick, Maine.
Angus King’s Recipe for Congress: No Budget, No Salary
Angus King thinks the U.S. Senate has no concept of time. In his newest Senate campaign commercial, the independent ex-governor of Maine holds up a clock that reads 8:00, telling viewers that the half of the Senate would read it...
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Maine independent Senate candidate Angus King speaks at a news conference in Brunswick, Maine.
Democrats Invest in Maine, Independent King Backing Obama
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has decided to spend $410,000 on a television ad campaign against Republican candidate Charlie Summers in Maine. The ads are scheduled to run Oct. 2-12. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has already funded ads in...
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Gabrielle Giffords with Rob Barber at the Pima County Democrat HQ in Tucson two days before Barber squares off against J. Kelly to determine who will fill the seat vacated by Giffords in January.
Arizona Special Election Tops Tuesday Voting
The congressional primary season is in full swing, continuing today with intraparty voting in six states. Maine, Nevada, Virginia, South Carolina and North Dakota have primaries and Arkansas is holding runoff elections three weeks after its first-round primaries. The biggest...
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Senators Joe Lieberman, left, and John Cornyn before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Senate Republican Campaign Chief Aids (Almost) All Seeking Maine Seat
John Cornyn, the Texas U.S. senator overseeing Republican strategy in Senate races, seems to like a lot of the Republicans seeking a seat in Maine that could determine control of the Senate. Five of them, to be exact. Cornyn’s leadership...
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President Obama figurines at the famed 'South of the Border' stop on the North Carolina/South Carolina border. It's not a big seller according to one cashier.
Obama Excludes Seven Republican States in Nationwide Travels
When President Barack Obama makes his inaugural trip to Vermont tomorrow he’ll be checking off one of eight U.S. states he has yet to visit since taking office. In an election-year presidents want to show they’re connected to their constituents by telling voters...
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Sen. Olympia Snowe outside her office on Capitol Hill on Feb. 28, 2012.
Magic Number of the Day: 12,109
That’s the number of days that Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine had served in Congress as of Feb. 28, when she announced that she would not seek re-election to the Senate this November. Snowe, 65, was first elected to...
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