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By Caitlin Andrews, Michael Shepherd and Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Former Vice President Joe Biden won Maine in Tuesday’s election, taking three of its four Electoral College votes behind a solid lead in the 1st Congressional District while President Donald Trump led the swing 2nd District and remains competitive nationally.

By David Farmer Waking up on Election Day, like a lot of Democrats I allowed myself to entertain an easy election night.

By Caitlin Andrews, Michael Shepherd and Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Minority Republicans gained at least eight seats in the Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday, but Democrats unseated the top Senate Republican in a mixed election that will only slightly change the political landscape in the second half of Gov.

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By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff The number of Mainers being admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 is ticking up more slowly now than it did during the initial surge of the coronavirus last spring, even though new cases of the virus in the state are reaching record levels.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Saturday morning, my hunting buddies and I joined thousands of other Mainers in the woods on the residents-only opening day of the firearms deer hunting season.

By James Cote  As I sit in my home office this Election Day morning, drinking coffee and watching the snow fly outside my window, I realize the world is about to be consumed with even more “noise” than usual.

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