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John McKernan, a former congressman, married Congresswoman Olympia Snowe, who went on to become a U.S. senator.

Maine has had a long history of electing political independents and mavericks, dating back to at least the mid-1970s. It elected a genuine independent in Jim Longley as governor in 1974, and two ...

Even typically “squishy” senators like Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins ... where the Republicans scored the most unlikely 41st Senate vote of all: Scott Brown’s winning the seat of the ...

Can you imagine Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, or Percival Baxter, or Ed Muskie, or Bill Cohen, Joe Brennan, Olympia Snowe, ...

A turnaround entails Democrats regaining the Senate and retiring Sen. Susan Collins. In 2020, Collins beat Sara Gideon handily, 51% to 42%, bolstered by a substantial crossover vote from Democrats, ...

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