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The Associated Press called the races for Biden and Trump not long after the polls closed in Maine at 8 p.m. as election returns began trickling in from across the state.
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The court's ruling forced Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to change her decision in late December to remove the former president from the ballot because she said he violated the insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution.
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The failure to advance the bill after four months of negotiations ensures that immigration will remain a key campaign issue in the 2024 presidential and congressional election with possible implications for down ballot contests in state legislatures.
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Thursday’s arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court over former President Trump’s access to the Colorado ballot will have direct implications for a nearly identical legal battle in Maine.
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In a brief statement, Shenna Bellows said her appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court "ensures that Maine’s highest court has the opportunity to weigh in now, before ballots are counted" as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up a similar case from Colorado.
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Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ordered Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to hold off on any additional actions until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a similar Colorado case challenging Trump's eligibility to run in the presidential primaries.
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Trump's legal team had requested a stay of his appeal, citing a pending ruling in a similar case by the U.S. Supreme Court. But Bellows says a delay will compromise Maine's March 5 primary election.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Feb. 8 in the Colorado case, which leans on a similar reading of the insurrection clause that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows used to disqualify Trump from the Maine primary ballot.
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Impeachment orders against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows are being prepared and filed by House Republicans, though they face a difficult time advancing in a Legislature controlled by Democrats.
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The disqualification effort centers on the former president's role inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol and has counterparts in 32 other states.