Gartley seeks lesson from light Maine primary turnout
In Augusta, Secretary of State Mark Gartley cites unusually low turnout as evidence of a dysfunctional campaigning system. He notes 40.4 percent of enrolled Democrats in Maine's 1st District voted in the seven way Democratic primary, while Barton won the nomination with 9 732 votes. The GOP senate race drew 77 520 votes with Monks winning 83.7 percent. A statewide Bigelow Mountain preserve referendum drew 166 833 votes. Gartley argues shorter, more intense campaigns may boost participation and runoff rules may be needed to resolve crowded races.
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Maine
Mark Gartley
Gartley
Barton
Great Britain
Robert AG. Monks
Plato Truman
Bigelow Mountain
Monks
Truman
James F. Mitchell
Neil Rolde
David W. Bustin
Bruce M. Reeves
Gilbert R Boucher
Donald G. Lowry
Bigelow
Bustin
Maine hearing set on higher deductibles for car coverage
The Maine Insurance Bureau schedules June 22 public hearings in Augusta on a proposal by insurers to raise deductibles and premiums for collision and comprehensive coverage. A $100 annual policy could rise about $12, while overall rates may lift about 10 percent for low-coverage customers.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Insurance Bureau
David Hale
Insurance Services Office
Hale
State House
State Bureau of Insurance
Theodore T. Briggs
Briggs
Bubar Falls Short of Ballot in Maine Presidential Bid
In Augusta Maine Benjamin Bubar the sole Maine presidential hopeful appears to miss the 10918 signature threshold by a narrow margin for ballot access Secretary of State election division official Ted Susi said final review would take a few days and noted other independents had filed petitions Meanwhile Eugene McCarthy and Gus Hall qualified in Maine and independent candidates will appear on state senate house and county ballots in November with Jacqueline Kaye of Bangor among independents advancing.
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Maine
Benjamin Bubar
United States
Ted Susi
Secretary of State
Bubar
Eugene McCarthy
U.S
Susi
Communist Party
Gus Hall
McCarthy
State Senate
Maine House
Jacqueline Kaye
Bangor
Salmon fry die after hatchery power outage in Maine
One third of Maine's newly hatched landlocked salmon at the Grand Lake Stream Hatchery died after a power outage shut a water pump. About 160000 fry, hatched in April and measuring one to one and a half inches, suffocated as fresh oxygen supply failed during the storm. The hatchery did have a backup generator, but the failure wasn't discovered until after losses occurred.
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Grand Lake Stream
Maine
David O. Locke
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maine Lakes
Locke
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