PoliticsOur political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Their coverage aims to cut through major debates and probe how officials make decisions. Read more Politics coverage here. In February, just after a poll showed she was way behind progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner, Gov. Janet Mills warned that Republican ads would “make mincemeat” of the political newcomer if he became the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee. Less than three weeks after Mills suspended her campaign, which lacked funding to sustain itself after launching her...