A special election will be held in February to fill the House District 24 seat in the Maine House of Representatives vacated by Democrat Joseph Perry. Perry was re-elected to fill that seat in November,

Mainers' decision last month to limit political giving may be politically popular, but they don't get the final say on its legality.

AP calls Maine House District 2 for Jared Golden. Nov 6 • 12:45 AM ET AP calls Maine House District 1 for Chellie Pingree. Nov 5 • 10:54 PM ET Fox News calls Maine Senate Seat 1 for Angus King.

Maine uses ranked-choice voting ... of votes cast early as well as information provided to our vote reporters on Election Day from county election officials. The figure can change as NBC News ...

The new donation limits to political action committees were originally slated to take effect on Dec. 25, but the state agreed to a five month delay as a legal challenge works its way through the court system.

The In the Arena podcast also looks ahead to the new Congress and looks back on what went right and what went wrong in Maine politics in 2024.

A threat forced school officials in MSAD 11 to close Gardiner Area High School at the last second Friday morning. According to a message from Superintendent Pat Hopkins, the threat was made against the high school and all other schools in the district were still open on Friday.

At the recall election Tuesday in Arundel, 171 people voted to officially remove RSU 21 Board Member Kirstin Shapiro from the board.

A pair of conservative groups are challenging a new Maine law that limits donations to political action committees that spend independently in candidate elections

The recall election occurred weeks after Shapiro resigned from the School Board, which had censured her for an outburst during a meeting this fall.