Democrats retained control of the Maine Senate in Tuesday’s election. The party also expects to keep control of the Maine House, although Republicans built a larger minority by picking up seats. Daughtry was one of two primary sponsors of the paid family ...

On Friday in Augusta, Maine House Republicans re-elected Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham of Winter Harbor to serve as their leader.

Both parties have started to select their leadership for the new state legislature. Democrats retained control of the Maine Senate, and they've already picked Senator Mattie Daughtry of Brunswick as their new leader.

Senate Democrats elected a new president and shuffled the deck for new leaders in other positions, on Friday, choosing progressive Democrats for leadership roles.

Democrats have retained control of the Maine Senate and Thursday elected new leadership. Neither Troy Jackson nor Eloise Vitelli, the Senate president and Senate majority leader from the last legislature,