Without a doubt, the biggest news out of Maine was the announcement that Republican Senator Olympia Snowe was retiring at the end of her term leaving this an open seat race. More importantly, it is a Republican seat in a blue state- New England no less. Before discussing this race and its effect on the GOP strategy to win the Senate, Maine is a state | Read More »
This year, there are 33 Senate seats up for election with 23 of them currently held by Democrats or independents who caucus with Democrats (Lieberman in Connecticut and Sanders in Vermont). Currently, the Democrats control the Senate by a 53-47 margin. Of the 23 Democratic seats, seven incumbents are not running while of the ten Republican held seats, four incumbents are not running. One of | Read More »
Maine is one of those strange states in two senses. First, like Nebraska, they apportion their electoral votes by congressional district so it is possible to get a 3-1 split. Secondly, their law allow for redistricting to take effect in 2013. However, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. After the census, there was an 8,600 difference in population between the | Read More »
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