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2nd District contest tightens By Jeff Tuttle, Of the NEWS Staff BANGOR — A new sampling of likely voters in Maine’s two congressional races suggests one contest is close — and getting closer — while the other is not close — at least not yet. The poll, conducted for a media partnership including the Bangor Daily News, suggests the gap is closing in the already tight race in Maine’s northern 2nd Congressional District between Democrat Mike Michaud and Republican Kevin Raye. In the survey of 311 likely voters in the district, 31 percent said they would vote for Michaud, the...

NEW POLL SHOWS PINGREE MESSAGE WORKS PINGREE'S RECORD FIGHTING CORPORATE SPECIAL INTERESTS CLOSES RACE TO SINGLE DIGITS Aug 26, 2002 -- Portland, ME - A poll by national polling firm Lake Snell Perry & Associates shows U.S. Senate candidate and former Maine Senate Majority Leader Chellie Pingree continues to gain significant ground in her race against Republican Senator Susan Collins. Reaching an increasing number of voters with her message, Chellie has moved within 9 points of Collins, who remains under 50 percent support. The new numbers are: Collins 47 percent, Pingree 38 percent, with 15 percent undecided. The poll also...

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Giuliani Works For Collins Down East 7/08/02 Source: Roll Call By: Staff Writer This article has been excerpted Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) will join Sen. Susan Collins (R) on the campaign trail this weekend, helping boost her re-election bid against former state Senate Majority Leader Chellie Pingree (D). Giuliani, who has known Collins since she was a Hill staffer and he worked at the Justice Department, will appear with the freshman Senator at an event in Cape Elizabeth this Sunday. The event will be a fundraiser, and Giuliani will also be made available to the media.

Republicans hit Pingree on stock ownership Source:Associated Press 5/09/02 This article has been excerpted The Maine Republican Party took a swipe Wednesday at Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chellie Pingree, questioning some of her mutual fund holdings. Republicans said that while Pingree criticizes the pharmaceutical industry, she owns drug industry mutual funds. Pingree has made high prescription drug prices a central issue in her campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins. "She has set the standard for hypocrisy in the 2002 Senate races," Maine Republican Party Executive Director Dwayne Bickford said. "Of the thousands of mutual funds that are available, Pingree...