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President Donald Trump took the lead in Maine’s second congressional district, according to a poll from the Bangor Daily News, indicating a shift the president’s way in a battleground state that could prove decisive in the presidential election.

Dozens of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered on the steps of Portland City Hall in Portland, Maine, to support Trump and local law enforcement.

A superior court sided with the Maine secretary of state and President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign on Wednesday in upholding the state’s voter identification requirements, ballot harvesting regulations, and Election Day deadline.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) pressed Sara Gideon, her Democrat opponent in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, on the latest Supreme Court vacancy on Monday, pointing out that Gideon has yet to oppose the idea of packing the Supreme Court with more justices.

Democrat Sara Gideon failed to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct with teens made against a former Democrat lawmaker.

Thomas College in Waterville, Maine, announced this week that its residential assistants will be encouraged to report coronavirus policy violations by students. The RA’s participated in a two-week training session this month to learn about new policies adopted by the university to mitigate the spread of the virus.

Six states and Washington, DC, are suing the United States Postal Service (USPS) over upcoming operational changes, contending that the coming reforms impede the ability of states “to conduct free and fair elections.”

The lone electoral college vote won by President Trump in New England in the 2016 presidential election is up for grabs according to a poll of Maine voters released by Colby College on Wednesday.

Maine authorities have identified the woman killed in a Monday shark attack while out swimming with her daughter as a 63-year-old former New York City fashion executive.

Dale Crafts, the Republican nominee for Maine’s second congressional district, told Breitbart News Saturday that China has been “ripping off” America “for way too long.”

A dog in Brunswick, Maine, has found his forever home thanks to the kindhearted young woman who rescued him.

The postmaster of Portland, Maine, is reportedly facing accusations that he prioritized Amazon packages while first-class and priority mail were being intentionally delayed.

Alabama, Texas, and Maine hold elections tonight. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times Eastern.

A poll released on Monday by left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows presumptive Democrat Party nominee Joe Biden leading President Trump by 11 points, 53 percent to 42 percent, in Maine.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) said on Sunday that he is “confident” that Republicans and Democrats could override President Donald Trump’s potential veto of a defense bill that would rename military bases named after Confederate generals. 

Maine second congressional Republican candidate Adrienne Bennett decried the left’s move to “erase our history” and tear down America’s statues on Breitbart News Saturday.

Maine Democrat Gov. Janet Mills reversed her decision last week to allow restaurants in the state’s southern counties to reopen June 1, suggesting to owners they sell already purchased perishable foods to prisons at the government contract rate.

The Maine Democrat Party hosted a virtual parade of liberal luminaries on Sunday, but one person canceled: presumptive nominee Joe Biden.

A federal judge has allowed to stand Maine Gov. Mills’ order requiring tourists to self-quarantine for two weeks after entering the state.

Maine legislators wrote to Attorney General Barr requesting an investigation into Gov. Janet Mills and her restrictions during the pandemic.

Restaurants in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties reopened for dine-in services on Monday, as permitted by the state’s “Rural Reopening Plan” outlined by Gov. Janet Mills (D).

Churches are filing lawsuits against Democrat governors who do not include them among the “essential” services that may immediately “reopen.”

Several Maine businesses said they will defy Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’ executive order closing dine-in restaurants to the public because of the coronavirus and will open as soon as Saturday.

Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) is allowing gun stores to reopen amid the coronavirus shutdown, following the Trump DHS’s issuance of guidelines labeling such stores “essential.”

States that introduced “green” regulations that taxed single-use plastic grocery bags in an effort to eventually annihilate them are now welcoming them back as health officials caution of possible contamination with reusable bags.

A Maine community stepped in to give a three-year-old boy the birthday surprise he deserved after his parents had to cancel his birthday party due to the coronavirus.

A Maine abortion group is extending contraception prescriptions for fear more time at home due to the coronavirus will result in a “baby boom.”

A Maine landlord is telling his tenants he will not collect rent for the month of April due to the coronavirus outbreak, and he is urging other landlords to do the same.

Multiple media outlets on Wednesday have called the Maine Democrat primary for former Vice President Joe Biden after he narrowly defeated Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). 

A couple opened a patriotic coffee and gift shop in honor of President Trump last week in Rockland, Maine.

Planned Parenthood is pressing state taxpayers into making up federal family planning funds it voluntarily gave up to protect abortion.

Two cats in a foster home at the same time were reunited after spending seven months apart when someone decided to adopt both cats instead of one.

Bre Kidman, the “queer feminist mermaid” running for a senate seat in Maine, has chosen the guillotine as branding for her campaign.

A man died after his snowmobile fell through the ice on Moosehead Lake in Maine on Sunday night.

Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin spoke to a big crowd on Friday night after three different venues canceled on the event’s student organizers at the last second.

Two additional venues have canceled a lecture event featuring conservative commentator and author Michelle Malkin. The event was first moved to the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston, Maine, after a local hotel to cancel the event as originally planned by a group of University of Maine students. Malkin’s second backup location has now also canceled her planned lecture.