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A dramatic Nov. 7 election ended with no mayoral candidate winning 50% of the vote and three incumbents being ousted from City Council. On the state level, an initiative to democratize Maine’s power grid failed and voters passed the nation’s second right-to-repair law. Read the complete results here.

Bath voters on Tuesday elected three new city councilors, approved a series of charter amendments and weighed in on statewide measures, including establishing the state-run Pine Tree Power electric utility.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine voters faced a busy ballot on Tuesday in an off-year election dominated by a deci...

The push to create a publicly-owned power grid in Maine has been struck down multiple times in the past.

Maine voters turned down an attempt to oust the state’s corporate-owned electric utilities among several ballot initiatives Tuesday, and approved one to stop...

A historic referendum asked voters in Maine if they wanted to replace their privately owned utilities with a publicly owned one.

The referendum, known as Question 3, would have set in motion a process for a newly-formed consumer owned utility — the Pine Tree Power Company — to buy out CMP and Versant and provide electricity to most of Maine

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The rejection, on Tuesday’s ballot referendum, leaves the state’s electric grid in the hands of two unpopular private companies.

Maine residents voted no to the proposal to take over its two largest corporate-owned utilities. Advocates say the Pine Tree Power proposal would have helped keep electric rates low, drive renewable energy initiatives and relieve consumer billing and outage concerns.