Steve Mistler

Portland Press Herald

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Published
August 25, 2012

ON MAINE POLITICS: SEAL’s team on Senate assault

Maine Senate candidate Chris Tyll, a former Navy SEAL, has planned a clever — and for most of us, exhausting — tour of the district he hopes to represent next year.
Published
August 25, 2012

Pivotal elections with GOP control at stake

Republican State Sen. Nichi Farnham has been running — literally — throughout Bangor and Hermon to convince voters in District 32 that she deserves a second term. Geoff Gratwick, her Democratic challenger, has been campaigning on his bicycle.
Published
August 25, 2012

Urgency injected in legislative campaigns

The stakes are high as Democrats see their chance to retake control of the Maine Legislature.
Published
August 25, 2012

Heck joins other mayors asking feds to deny Medicaid waiver

Mayors from six cities in the state, including Waterville, are urging the federal government not to grant waivers that could eliminate health care for 27,000 low-income residents.
Published
August 25, 2012

Republican group buys Dill ads, may boost Summers

PORTLAND — A Republican group has begun airing a television ad intended to boost Republican Charlie Summers’ bid for the U.S. Senate.
Published
August 24, 2012

Maine mayors urge U.S. to reject LePage’s Medicaid cuts

They say municipalities will bear the burden of those hurt by the governor’s plan.
Published
August 24, 2012

Republican ad touts Cynthia Dill to hurt Angus King

The TV ad hopes to siphon progressive support from independent candidate Angus King to give Republican Charlie Summers a better change at winning.
Published
August 24, 2012

Maine mayors urge feds against Medicaid cuts

Mayors tell the U.S. Health and Human Services chief that the LePage cuts will have a human and financial impact on their cities.
Published
August 19, 2012

Taking the liberty vote?

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson appeals to some fiscal conservatives and supporters of limited government, and may draw some voters from Mitt Romney
Published
August 19, 2012

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson may sway voters

Gary Johnson isn’t a household name in Maine or most other places, yet the Libertarian presidential candidate could become an attractive option at the ballot box for some of the same voters who helped sweep Republicans into power here just two years ago.