Portland Weekly - In City Hall news, the city's legal team is working on a settlement agreement with Portland landlord Geoffrey Rice (no relation to yours truly) after the city said Rice overcharged tenants on 68 occasions. The two sides went back to the drawing board after an executive session this week. Tenants' rights advocates are pushing the city to be tough on Rice in order to set a precedent for violations of Portland's rent control ordinance.
Troy Jackson's campaign for governor has been endorsed by 40 local labor unions, including the Maine AFL-CIO — which endorsed in a Democratic gubernatorial primary for the very first time in the organization's history. Jackson has also been endorsed by Bernie Sanders and more than 70 current and former local elected officials across Maine.
Other progressive candidates for governor as eported by Wikipedia:
- Shenna Lee Bellows has served as the 50th Secretary of State of Maine since January 2021. She is the first woman to hold this position. Before entering politics, Bellows worked as a civil rights advocate, serving as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maine from 2005 to 2013 and later as executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine from 2018 to 2020.
- Hannah Pingree is the daughter of US representative Chellie Pingree, Pingree represented the 36th district from 2002 to 2010, encompassing ten islands and coastal towns in Knox and Hancock Counties, before leaving office due to state term limits.Most recently, she served as director of the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future under Governor Janet Mills from 2019 to 2025.
- Angus King III has not previously held elected office. King's platform includes lowering costs for families, building more housing, and creating jobs among Maine small businesses. In campaign messaging, he has emphasized both his role as a political outsider and his legacy as the son of Senator Angus King. He has described himself as a "moderate,"