Joe Biden

Bonauto was honored for her work as an attorney representing the LGBTQ community.

As dictated by voters last month, Democrat Kamala Harris will receive three electoral votes from Maine while President-elect Donald Trump will receive a single vote.

Michael G. Pelletier said he was surprised but elated to get the call on his pardon request, which was part of what is being described as the single-largest day of clemency in recent U.S. history.

The money, from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will go toward bridge, road, rail and port improvements.

The Republican said the president's proposed term limits would weaken judicial independence. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has joined other Democrats in supporting a proposed constitutional amendment to limit presidential immunity.

The environmental attorney and anti-vaccination activist is hoping to pick up support from disenchanted Democrats and Republicans as well as independents.

The poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center is the first to gauge Maine voters' feelings about the presidential race since President Biden dropped his bid for a second term.

But not all of the state's Democratic leadership immediately endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to become the party's nominee.

The 2nd District congressman also did not attend this week's House Democratic caucus meeting to discuss the state of the president's reelection campaign because he says only Biden — not Democratic leaders — can decide the next steps.

The president met with about two dozen governors as concerns continued to reverberate in Democratic ranks about his reelection campaign.