Matt Gagnon continues WGAN’s live Election Night coverage with political analysts Josh Filler and Eric Lusk. Early returns show Democratic strength in several key races, including Maine’s U.S. Senate contest, where Troy Jackson holds an early lead over Susan Collins. Shelley Pingree is projected to win Maine’s First Congressional District, while the Second District remains closely watched. The panel breaks down turnout trends, shifting margins, and what the numbers could mean as more results come in.
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Pingree will take office during the upcoming inaugural ceremonies in January 2027. She faces an early agenda likely to focus on balancing the state budget, tackling regional cost-of-living pressures, and working alongside a newly seated Maine State Legislature.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he's on the ballot this Election Day. He's not, of course. But there is reason to believe that Tuesday's midterms, above all, will be a referendum on his performance over the last two years.
The final day of voting in this year's midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans lose.
A business jet crashed into a South Florida neighborhood and erupted into a ball of flames, killing all nine people on board and leaving a fiery crater. The cause was not immediately clear, but federal investigators are expected to provide an update Monday.
