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Maine: Robert Stackpole

Wed, 11/05/2008 - 03:54

Democrats to maintain Senate majority

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The Democrats will maintain their majority in the state Senate, and possibly strengthen their numbers.

With 79 percent of the vote counted, the worst case scenario for them is that they will maintain 18 seats in the 35-seat body, according to preliminary numbers.

Five seats remain too close to call, all of which are current Republican seats.

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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:59

Targeted legislative races for independent expenditure spending

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

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

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

[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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