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The year of the blue state governors
30 Dec 2025 14:53 GMT
… cleared after the 2024 election, it was clear that … the most likely of presidential candidates because they had executive … Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, most attention … challenges of their constituents. Maine’s Janet Mills, who …
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Zohran’s Victory Proves That Public Campaign Financing Works
06 Nov 2025 21:04 GMT
… elections in your community, your state, and your country.
Public campaign … the time 2008 rolled around, Barack Obama started the trend of presidential candidates opting out … Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, and Michigan …
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Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris – A 2028 Presidential Conundrum
02 Nov 2025 12:20 GMT
… years away from the next presidential election – and certainly the midterms … ’s tracking fourth place in Maine, as well, and with … law. Often, when a presidential candidate picks a running mate, it … lost is small enough. Barack Obama and Joe Biden beat John …
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Janet Mills joins Maine Senate race to unseat Susan Collins, setting up a high-stakes generational clash in the Democratic primary
16 Oct 2025 02:59 GMT
… to pick a candidate. The Maine Democratic primary is … who has centered his campaign around taking on the … Democratic nominee in every presidential election since 1992. Collins has … reelection bids — including 2008, when Barack Obama won Maine by more than …
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Barack Obama and the Corruption of Independence Day
04 Jul 2025 04:19 GMT
… of events from Presque Isle, Maine to San Diego.
One might … event: A presidential campaign rally with the junior senator from Illinois, Barack Obama. The … the United States. Beginning in 2008 and continuing over the years …
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Booed In Maine, Collins Faces Dimming Prospects In Midterm
29 Aug 2025 13:45 GMT
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Maine voters were quite willing to split their tickets in 2008, choosing Barack Obama … in the presidential race while voting … ' of Trump’s retaliation campaignTrump may slap blue state…
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Key Senate contests take shape ahead of 2026 midterm elections
26 Aug 2025 19:49 GMT
… in every presidential race — with the exception of Barack Obama in 2008 — … of two well-connected candidates with fundraising chops, advertising … the state in a presidential election since the 1970s, the … Scholten had also launched a campaign, but he bowed out …
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Nebraska will continue to split electoral votes in presidential elections
09 Apr 2025 00:43 GMT
… candidates in three of the past five presidential elections. … system.
Nebraska and Maine are the only … presidential elections.
In Nebraska, the system has confounded Republicans. Barack Obama became the first presidential … electoral votes in 2008. It happened a …
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Democrats just got their dream candidate in North Carolina. Here are four other Senate seats likely to flip
04 Aug 2025 23:43 GMT
… W. Bush after 2006, Barack Obama after 2010 and 2014 and … . (Getty Images)
3. Maine
On paper, Susan Collins should … Campaign Committee quietly saying she’d be the best candidate, … to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
Conservatives also don …
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Collins isn’t worried — Even though Maine is blue on paper
29 Jul 2025 20:06 GMT
… 42%, even as the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, won … only in 2020. In 2008, an election that saw Republicans lose … vote even as Democrat Barack Obama won Maine with 57.6%.
So … Trump.
In Collins’ last campaign, Democratic groups attacked her …