Steve Mistler

Portland Press Herald

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Published
September 25, 2012

King camp recognizes its strategy needs work

His campaign manager says the final weeks before Election Day will be used to draw a clear distinction between the independent and his opponents.
Published
September 24, 2012

King camp asks TV stations to pull ‘deceptive’ ad

The Republican-backed ad refers to wind-power profits that the Senate candidate denies.
Published
September 23, 2012

Negative political ads likely to rise

Attack ads work. It’s been said before. Last week, when a pair of polls showed a tightening race for a U.S. Senate seat from Maine, political pundits were saying it again. They referred to more than $1.7 million in advertising from outside groups presumably responsible for chopping a 20-point lead by independent front-runner Angus King […]
Published
September 23, 2012

Attack ads do the job

Attack ads work. It’s been said before. Last week, when a pair of polls showed a tightening race for a U.S. Senate seat from Maine, political pundits were saying it again. They referred to more than $1.7 million in advertising from outside groups presumably responsible for chopping a 20-point lead by independent front-runner Angus King […]
Published
September 22, 2012

Negative ads land punches

Even though many people find them repugnant, attack ads can leave an impression, increase turnout and influence votes, experts say.
Published
September 20, 2012

King blasts ‘ugly’ blog attack on his wife

King’s Senate opponents, Charlie Summers and Cynthia Dill, also denounce the conservative website’s unsourced piece as ‘reprehensible’ and ‘vicious.’
Published
September 17, 2012

Maine’s U.S. Senate candidates debate taxes, health care

The debate, the third of the campaign, illustrated major policy differences between independent Angus King, Republican Charlie Summers and Democrat Cynthia Dill.
Published
September 14, 2012

Republican group’s ad blasts Angus King and Cynthia Dill on wind energy

A new television ad by a national Republican group blasts independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King and Democrat Cynthia Dill for their support of industrial wind.
Published
September 14, 2012

New ad takes Dill, King to task about wind plan support

A new television ad by a national Republican group blasts independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King and Democrat Cynthia Dill for their support of industrial wind.
Published
September 14, 2012

Political lawn sign rules illegal, Maine ACLU says

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is warning municipalities that local ordinances restricting political lawn signs on private property are unconstitutional.