Few people in America have done more to advance conservative causes than Leo. Years ago, the then-unknown conservative lawyer began executing a plan that has helped reshape the U.S. courts and Republican politics, an effort that culminated in Trump’s first term with the appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices.

More than 840,000 voters cast ballots in this November's election, which Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said was the most in state history.

The hand recount in Maine’s hotly contested Second Congressional District race won't happen until after Thanksgiving. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says the recount will begin on Monday, December 2.

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to Congress through Maine’s ranked choice system on Friday. It’s the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to produce a majority for any candidate.

Representative Jared Golden, a three-term Democrat, defeated Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver, in one of a handful of districts held by Democrats that Donald J. Trump won in 2020.

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden won the ranked choice vote with 50.35% for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which election officials determined Friday through a tabulation process that took four days.

A Maine lawmaker is looking to change the rules when it comes to blank ballots to avoid a situation the ranked choice tabulation in Maine's Second District this year. Republican David Boyer of Poland is pushing a bill that would not require a ranked-choice count in a two-person race if one candidate does not get at least 50 percent of the votes when you add blank ballots into the total.

A Republican lawmaker in Maine accused of choking his wife last month won re-election by a single vote after a Thursday recount.

A team of medical professionals is warning about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becoming head of the Department of Health and Human Services.

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden was declared the winner of the ranked-choice tabulation last Friday, but his challenger, Maine Rep. Austin Theriault, had formally requested a recount before state election officials announced ranked-choice counting would be needed to decide the winner.

According to the recount results, Lanigan received 2,478 votes while Kidder received 2,477 votes. Election officials said 424 ballots were still deemed to be blank following the recount.