SPOTLIGHT RACE: Scott Harriman for ME-HD94 (Special Election)

Scott is a lifelong Mainer who was recently elected to his third consecutive term on the Lewiston City Council. He is also serving his second term as the Council’s representative on the Lewiston School Committee.

Growing up on a dairy farm, Scott knows the value of hard work - and how hard it can be to get ahead when times are tough.

Scott cares about Lewiston. He shows up. Scott understands that Lewiston people are struggling to make ends meet, and he cares about serving the people he represents to help them get what they need.


As our representative, Scott will:

Deliver tax reform and funding for programs to help older Mainers and working-class families afford groceries, prescriptions, heating oil, and electricity.

Support efforts to make housing, health care and childcare more affordable.

Direct more funding to Lewiston’s public schools and after-school programs to keep our kids safe and supported.

Ensure that our immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking neighbors are protected.

Defend our democracy by resisting federal overreach, protecting voting rights, and strengthening civic engagement.





https://harrimanforhouse.com

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ME-SEN: Janet Mills' first TV ad hits ICE

Gov. Janet Mills’ first ad buy as she seeks to unseat Sen. Susan Collins features a repudiation of ICE as Democrats nationwide seize on backlash over the agency’s aggressive tactics.

The new TV spot, shared first with POLITICO, pairs news clippings and videos of ICE agents aggressively detaining people with footage of Mills criticizing the deportation campaign during her State of the State address on Tuesday.

Our federal government has deployed masked law enforcement onto the streets, including here in Maine, stoking fear in our communities and killing American citizens in Minnesota,” Mills says in the ad. “It’s ridiculous, outrageous and unconstitutional.”

The six-figure buy goes up statewide on Friday and is running across broadcast and digital for the next two weeks.



https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/janet-mills-tv-ad-ice-00756765

Democrats say they are seeing signs of a fundraising boost amid outrage over ICE

Democratic donors say that the fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota this month have not only generated outrage in key fundraising circles but have compelled many to open up their checkbooks.

In more than half a dozen interviews with The Hill, major Democratic fundraisers and donors said the shootings provided what one major check writer called “a shot of cold reality” about what the country is facing under the Trump administration.

A number of Democratic donors vowed to not give another penny to the weakened party after its brutal 2024 losses, but now some are vowing to return.

“I am predicting they won’t be able to spend all the money in the midterms,” John Morgan, a longtime Democratic mega-donor and prominent personal injury lawyer, told The Hill, projecting a surge in donations for candidates up for reelection.




https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5714022-donors-return-democratic-party/

TX-AGC: Texas agriculture commissioner primary: Who is running and what you need to know

Clayton Tucker
Democrat
💰 Campaign finance:
$45,130 cash on hand
💰 Major donors this cycle:
Jim Hightower, former Texas Agriculture Commissioner from 1983 to 1991 – $1,000




https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/27/texas-agriculture-commissioner-primary/

AG Ken Paxton cannot shut down Texas Latino voting group, judge rules

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton failed to offer “any plausible proof” that Jolt Initiative, a nonprofit that aims to increase civic participation among Latinos, is violating the law, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Paxton had filed a lawsuit in state court accusing Jolt of submitting “unlawful voter registration applications,” specifying in a press release that the group was “attempting to register illegals, who are all criminals.” The suit, which seeks to revoke Jolt’s nonprofit charter through a legal mechanism known as a quo warranto petition, was put on ice by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman, who said in his ruling that Paxton appears to be operating in bad faith.

The attorney general’s case against Jolt “supposes absolutely no wrongdoing,” and indicates that the attorney general may be “harassing [Jolt] and fishing for reasons to investigate its organization.”

This is not the first legal back-and-forth between Jolt and Paxton’s office. Last year, the organization successfully sued to stop the state’s investigation into their voter registration efforts. In the new suit, Jolt’s lawyers argue Paxton’s efforts to shut them down are retaliation. The attorney general’s office has also in recent years targeted other organizations aiding Latinos and migrants, such as the effort to investigate and shut down El Paso-based Annunciation House.



https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/texas-voter-registration-jolt-paxton-lawsuit/

New Hampshire Republicans want to raise taxes on homes with solar

New Hampshire Republicans are attempting to do away with a 50-year-old property tax exemption for households and businesses with solar, contending that the policy forces residents without the clean energy systems to unwittingly subsidize those who have them.

Supporters of the exemption, however, say this argument is misleading, insulting, and at odds with New Hampshire’s tradition of letting communities shape their own local governments.

The focus of the debate is a bill proposed in the New Hampshire House this month by Republican Rep. Len Turcotte and several co-sponsors in his party. The measure would repeal a law, established in 1975, that authorizes cities and towns to exempt owners of solar-equipped buildings from paying taxes on whatever value their solar systems add to their property. As of 2024, 153 of the state’s municipalities — roughly two-thirds — had adopted the exemption, one of the only incentives offered in support of residential solar power in the state.

The exemption means that homeowners without solar must pay more property tax to make up for the money not being collected from the ​“extreme minority” who have solar panels, Turcotte said while presenting his legislation at a hearing of the House Science, Technology, and Energy Committee last week. This ​“redistribution” of the tax burden is unfair, he said.




https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/30/new-hampshire-republicans-want-to-raise-taxes-on-homes-with-solar/

TX-COMP: Texas comptroller primary: Who is running and what to know

Sarah Eckhardt
Democrat
💰 Campaign finance:
$183,691 cash on hand
💰 Major donors this cycle:
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC, the political arm of a trial lawyers group — $5,000
R. Stephen McNally, Austin lawyer — $10,000



https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/texas-comptroller-primary-who-running-and-what-know

Arkansas Explained: How to propose a ballot measure

Direct democracy advocates are concerned about voters’ ability to change Arkansas’ constitution after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that lawmakers can amend citizen-led initiatives with a two-thirds vote.

The decision is the latest hurdle for supporters of the state’s initiative and referendum process as lawmakers have approved several bills in recent years imposing new limits on how petitions can be circulated.

A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of some of those laws in November for groups that challenged the constitutionality of the statutes in a lawsuit.

Proponents of the laws say they’re needed to preserve the integrity of the state’s direct democracy process and prevent fraud. Critics argue the laws will severely limit Arkansans’ ability to propose laws and present them to voters for a statewide vote.



https://arkansasadvocate.com/2026/01/30/arkansas-explained-how-to-propose-a-ballot-measure/

This new progressive ad is pissing off the White House and NRCC