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SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) -- Republican Senator John McCain spoke in South Portland and in Kennebunkport Monday.

AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The fate of 3 disputed ballots now rests in the hands of the Maine Supreme Court.

AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- Herbert Hoffman of Ogunquit wants to give voters a choice in November. That's why he wants to get in the race for the U.S. Senate.

Here's the results for the First District Congressional primary and the one statewide referendum question.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The presidential campaign turned to the economy Monday, with record gasoline prices and a spike in job losses putting Republican John McCain at a distinct disadvantage.

(NEWS CENTER) -- The bond on the ballot Tuesday would benefit natural resources, agriculture and transportation.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Gov. John Baldacci this afternoon is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton ended her presidential campaign Saturday with a call for her those who backed her to unite behind former rival Barack Obama.

(NEWS CENTER) -- The two candidates for the Republican nomination in Maine's First Congressional District Congressional race fielded questions in a NEWS CENTER Voice of the Voter Forum.

(NEWS CENTER) -- Democrat Tom Ledue had the floor to himself, after Rep. Tom Allen declined NEWS CENTER's invitation to take part in a Voice of the Voter Candidate Forum.

MADRID, Spain (AP) - John Edwards has ruled out being Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, according to interviews carried by two leading Spanish newspapers on Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama met privately with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely vice presidential candidate, as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting sought to unite his fractured party against Republican John McCain in November.

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Independent candidate for President Ralph Nader stopped in Maine Thursday night for a rally and a fundraiser.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some of Hillary Rodham Clinton's biggest backers from New York rallied around Barack Obama Thursday as she signaled her candidacy was ending.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama is fond of using a four-letter word to describe John McCain: Bush.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama, now cast as the Democrats' standard-bearer, moved quickly to put his imprint on the national party Thursday, eager to reinforce its fundraising operation and pursue an aggressive general election campaign.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton will end on Saturday her historic bid to become the first woman president but Barack Obama said he won't be hurried into a decision on whether to make her his running mate.

AUGUSTA (AP) -- Barack Obama picked up a national delegate from Maine as the Democratic State Convention closed Sunday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- John McCain challenged Barack Obama to join him in 10 town hall meetings with voters before the Democratic National Convention in August.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama spoke directly with his vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday and expressed optimism they could achieve party unity after their bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.

AUGUSTA (AP) -- Maine's final undecided superdelegate has endorsed Barack Obama for president.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Republican John McCain welcomed Democrat Barack Obama to the fall campaign for the White House on Tuesday with a blistering attack on his judgment and a charge that he "voted to deny funds to the soldiers who have done a brilliant job" in Iraq.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Cheered by a roaring crowd, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With voters sour on the status quo, Republican John McCain plans to spend the next five months arguing that he has a history of fighting to reform government and that Democrat Barack Obama talks of change with nothing to show for it.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter said he'll endorse Democrat Barack Obama after the polls close on the final primary contests.

UNDATED (AP) -- Eleven of the nation's governors will have to perform some political sleight of hand if Barack Obama clinches the Democratic nomination for president.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama crept close to victory in the marathon Democratic presidential race Monday on the eve of the final primaries amid signs that Hillary Rodham Clinton was preparing to acknowledge defeat once he gained the final delegates needed.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican John McCain raised the specter of a nuclear Iran in a speech to a pro-Israel group, once again chastising Democrat Barack Obama for his willingness to meet with leaders of Iran and other U.S. foes.

TROY, Mich. (AP) -- Barack Obama said Monday he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton will be "working together in November" despite fears by some that the Democratic Party will be divided after the long and bitter primary campaign.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- As Barack Obama turns to concentrate on his general election challenge, his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is mounting a last ditch campaign to stay relevant in what is left of the Democratic presidential contest.

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Barack Obama has resigned his 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks at the church by another minister.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that brought Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination.

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - Democratic Party officials agreed Saturday to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes, ruling on a long-running dispute that has threatened the party's chances in November and maintaining Barack Obama's front-runner status as he moves closer to the nomination.

(NBC/AP) -- In the race for the White House, the next four days could determine the Democratic Presidential nominee. Barack Obama still looks like the winner, but Hillary Clinton is counting on primary wins next week plus help from the Democratic party during a meeting in D.C. on Saturday

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Republican John McCain's estimate of U.S. troop levels in Iraq touched off a firestorm between his campaign and Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, the latest turn in the rivals' escalating disagreement over the war.

HELENA, MT (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she expects uncommitted superdelegates to begin making the choice that will decide her marathon Democratic primary race against Barack Obama soon after the Tuesday's primaries.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Barack Obama picked up two Texas superdelegates, bringing him within 42 delegates of locking up the Democratic presidential nomination.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic leaders are pushing for a quick end to their party's grueling presidential nomination battle, days ahead of the final primaries and a key party meeting.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul.

(NBC) -- There's a new factor in the race for the White House: former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's new tell-all book.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The voters of South Dakota look a lot like those who have favored Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries this year, but her rival, front-runner Barack Obama, has plenty of friends in high places in this rural state.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama is considering a visit to Iraq this summer, his first to the war zone since becoming a presidential candidate.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the nomination in sight, Barack Obama is willing to give rival Hillary Rodham Clinton the lion's share of the delegates from Florida and Michigan, but is stopping short of her demand to fully recognize the two renegade states.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain's nuclear proposals are largely in line with those of the unpopular President Bush, and even where the two disagree, the Republican presidential candidate has waffled.

KYLE, SD (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton touted her electability before separate audiences Wednesday, saying her wins in swing states and strong vote margins among certain voting blocs give her the best chance of defeating Republican John McCain in November.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama has done poorly in the Democratic primaries with women, Catholics and others who will be pivotal in this fall's presidential election. Yet early polling shows that with several of these groups, he's competitive when matched against Republican John McCain.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic Party rules committee has the authority to seat some delegates from Michigan and Florida but not fully restore the two states as Hillary Rodham Clinton wants, according to party lawyers.

WESTBROOK (AP) -- Senate candidate Tom Allen is proposing a universal health care plan that he says would cost up to $100 billion a year and provide quality, affordable coverage to all Americans.