Columnist Barth Keck says the campaign that ends today, along with its endless – and utterly baseless – claims of immigrants invading the country "from prisons and jails, insane asylums and mental ...

One of their predecessors in putting country over party was Margaret Chase Smith. Mrs. Smith, Republican of Maine, was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress in the both the House (1940 ...

Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine) on Nov. 4, 1956, is widely regarded as the first televised presidential debate. Roosevelt and Smith served as surrogates for Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson ...

Kamala Harris is only the second woman to be a major party's presidential candidate, following Hillary Clinton in 2016. But ...

Senator Margaret Chase Smith asked Senator Joseph McCarthy for evidence to support his allegations of communists in the State Department, but he ignored her requests. In June 1950, Smith ...

She concluded her career at the Margaret Chase Smith School, retiring after 42 years of dedicated service to the community’s children and families. In 1974, Margaret’s best friend in high ...

Second, if you don’t like the outcome, work to change the regime in 2028. Connect to your party of choice, get off the ...

Belva Lockwood was the presidential candidate of the National Equal Rights Party in 1882 and 1886, but it wasn’t until 1964 ...

Learn more. When I was a girl in Farmington, I was in awe of Republicans like Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and Democrats like Sen. Edmund Muskie. For many years Western Maine produced strong leaders ...

Eating is always a part of the likability test for politicians. But for Kamala Harris, it goes beyond optics—her passion for food runs deep.

Representing Eisenhower was Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican senior senator from Maine. Their encounter on the November 4, ...