It's Pingree Vs. Summers in Field of 6 Democrats, Clear Winner Emerges ; Adam Cote Comes Closer Than the Other Candidates, but Pingree's Popularity Brings Her the Most Votes.

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Chellie Pingree of North Haven handily won a hard fought six-way race Tuesday for the Democratic nomination in Maine's 1st Congressional District.

With 84 percent of precincts counted, Pingree, a former Senate majority leader who later served as national president of Common Cause, had 44 percent of the vote while Adam Cote, a Portland lawyer and Iraq war veteran, had 29 percent.

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It's Pingree Vs. Summers in Field of 6 Democrats, Clear Winner Emerges ; Adam Cote Comes Closer Than the Other Candidates, but Pingree's Popularity Brings Her the Most Votes.

Michael Brennan of Portland was third at 11 percent, followed by Ethan Strimling, a Portland state senator, also at 11 percent. York County District Attorney Mark Lawrence and Augusta pediatrician Steve Meister placed a distant f...

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