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Maine: Maine Clean Elections Act

Mon, 11/24/2008 - 18:46

MCEA budget looking bleak for 2010

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The Maine Clean Elections Act fund may not have enough money for 2010 gubernatorial candidates.

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Fri, 10/10/2008 - 09:25

Snowe-Mello: $14K in matching funds helps campaign

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The Maine Democratic Party recently printed up $13,194 worth of literature for state Senate challenger Deborah Simpson (D-Auburn). As a result, her opponent and incumbent Sen. Lois Snowe-Mello (R-Poland) got the same amount in matching funds, per the Maine Clean Elections Act.

Both candidates are running with public funds.

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Sun, 08/31/2008 - 23:53

VoteVets ad could raise questions with Maine's Clean Elections Act

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Democratic state House candidate Alex Cornell du Houx said that his appearance in a new third party ad against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Bangor) won't conflict with the Maine Clean Elections Act.

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Tue, 03/04/2008 - 17:34

State sues 2006 candidate

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The state is suing Debra Reagan, formerly of Sanford, for failing to return Maine Clean Elections Act Funds.

Reagan ran as a Republican candidate for the Maine House of Representatives in 2006, losing to John Tuttle Jr., D-Sanford by 865 votes.

Last month, Reagan had an outstanding balance of $3,390 to the Ethics Commission. She had paid $1,128 in installments, after various attempts to collect the money.

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