Maine: Mary Andrews

Mon, 11/03/2008 - 15:32

GOP must defend three tossup seats to win Senate majority

Mon, 11/03/2008 - 15:29

Senate District 1: Bowman v. Andrews

Editor’s note: PolitickerME.com has attempted to break down the state Senate races.

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Sun, 11/02/2008 - 17:45

Legislative race IE spending reaches $606K

With two days to go before Election Day, outside groups have spent $606,961 in independent expenditures on Maine legislative races.

The biggest spenders are the Democratic and Republican parties and their respective campaign committees.

Democrats have spent $351,665 between the Maine Democratic Party, the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee and the House Democratic Campaign Committee.

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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:59

Targeted legislative races for independent expenditure spending

As follows are the top Republicans and Democrats targeted by independent expenditure spending.

The dollar figure represents the total amount spent on behalf of the candidate mentioned combined with the funds spent in opposition to his or her opponent.

If the candidate’s opposition is running under the Clean Elections Act, then he or she is entitled to matching funds.

 

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Mon, 09/29/2008 - 11:18

Party committees spend $7,293 on behalf of state Senate candidates

[img_assist|nid=2799|title=Peter Bowman|desc=State Sen. Peter Bowman (D-Kittery) is running for re-election in District 1. Official photo.|link=none|align=left|width=150|height=221]The Maine Democratic State Committee and the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee have filed their latest round of independent expenditure reports.

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Thu, 01/24/2008 - 09:58

Big Battle Brewing in Senate District 1

Deb McDermott, writing in Seacoast Online, landed a great scoop this week when she broke the story on the decision by Republican Mary Andrews to run for her old Senate seat against democratic incumbent and first term Senator Peter Bowman. Mrs. Andrews did not run in 2006, and that seat became a crucial democratic pick-up in the evenly divide Senate, where Democrats have a one seat advantage over the Republicans.