The state's motion to dismiss says the Trump administration has not said why it wants voters' personal information.

This partisan election process is doing great harm to all of us, including our parties. Now is the time for Maine to move away from it.

The DOJ filed the lawsuit in September, accusing Maine of violating federal election laws by withholding personal voter information.

AdImpact, an organization tracking political ads, estimates the Maine Senate contest could help draw more than $300 million in spending on congressional races in the state next year. That’s nearly a third more than the record-smashing amount spent in 2020 when Republican U.

Paul LePage said he will emphasize trans-student-athlete policy in his campaign, and Sen. Susan Collins signed onto a petition related to the issue.

Billy Kobin, most recently a politics reporter at the Bangor Daily News, will also join Press Herald reporters Randy Billings and Rachel Ohm in their coverage of Maine’s hotly contested U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor’s races, as well as the impacts of statewide and federal policy changes.