Recent News Clips

Clips compiled from various news sources about Chellie or the campaign.

It's Pingree vs. Summers

June 11, 2008 Portland Press Herald by Kevin Wack. Out of a field of six, a clear winner emerges among Democrats....

Summers, Pingree win in 1st District

June 11, 2008 Bangor Daily News by Walter Griffin. Democrat Chellie Pingree and Republican Charles Summers held commanding leads late Tuesday...

Summers, Pingree best for Maine

June 06, 2008 SeacoastOnline.com (Portsmouth Herald). Primary election voting for the Maine 1st District congressional seat takes place Tuesday. For the...

Crowded Democratic field in 1st District turns feisty down the stretch

June 5, 2008 Portland Press Herald by Kevin Wack, Staff Writer. The six-way race is hard to handicap because there hasn't...

Chellie Pingree seeks U.S. House seat

June 5, 2008 MaineCoastNow.com by Stephen Betts. NORTH HAVEN -- Democrat Chellie Pingree said her accomplishments in the Maine Legislature and...

Strimling criticizes Democrat rival Cote

June 4, 2008 Portland Press Herald by Francis X. Quinn, The Associated Press. Election 2008: Based on some of Cote's financial...

Candidate answers questions

May 29, 2008 SeacoastOnline.com letters to the editor. To the Editor, Joan Mooney and the Wells Democratic Committee were pleased to...

No lack of choices in race for 1st Congressional District

May 29, 2008 Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel by Jim Brunelle. As Democrats gather in Augusta this weekend for their state party convention,...

Pingree: Democrat for Congress

May 28, 2008 SeacoastOnline.com. Chellie Pingree is facing a crowded primary field of potentially six opponents for the 1st Congressional District...

It's Pingree Vs. the Boys In Maine

May 21, 2008 Roll Call by Shira Toeplitz. It has all the makings of a bad reality TV show. This is...

Chellie Pingree to offer progressive leadership

May 22, 2008 Portland Press Herald Editorial by Karen Geraghty. People running for office tell you what they are going to...

Chellie Pingree: My brother Bob

Thursday, May 22, 2008 Bangor Daily News OpEd. I remember the day nearly 20 years ago when the phone rang as...

District 1 Democratic hopefuls debate gas-tax holiday

May 21, 2008 Portland Press Herald by Kevin Wack, Staff Writer. Election 2008: Only one of the six backs the idea,...

More Democratic endorsements

Wednesday, May 22, 2008 Portland Press Herald by Kevin Wack. Political Extra: Keeping an eye on the Maine campaign trail Chellie...

Candidate Pingree to visit Wells May 22

May 15, 2008 Seacoast Online. WELLS -- Joan Mooney and the Wells Democratic Committee announced they will co-host a house party...

Maine: Friends of the Earth Action Endorses Chellie Pingree for Congress

May 15, 2008 Seacoast Online. Pingree called best candidate for environment, most prepared to bring change to Washington. Group cites Pingree's...

Pingree has D.C. experience, funding paradox

May 16, 2008 Portland Press Herald by Kevin Wack. Election 2008: She supports campaign-finance reform but also is an effective...

OpEd: Chellie Pingree for Congress

May 12, 2008 Bangor Daily News by Beth Henderson. It is with certainty that I stand in support of Chellie Pingree...

Youthink: More than a booster seat at the table

May 12, 2008 Portland Press Herald by Justin Ellis. In school, the lunchroom can be like a chessboard, with players carefully...

Young voters choose Allen, Pingree, others

May 6, 2008 PolitickerME.com by Jessica Alaimo. The Portland area League of Young Voters announced their endorsements today. They are: U.S....

A 'green' vote for Chellie Pingree

April 22, 2008 Times Record Opinion by Gene Karpinski. The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is proud to endorse Chellie Pingree...

Gen. John Johns in Maine (with video)

April 23, 2008 PolitickerME.com by Jessica Alaimo. Retired U.S. Army Gen. John Johns is in Maine this week promoting a plan...

MAINE VOICES: Democrats sign on to plan to end Iraq war

April 22, 2008 Portland Press Herald by CHELLIE PINGREE and PAUL EATON. Congressional candidates around the nation seek to repair the...

1st District candidates reveal finances in report

April 17, 2008 - Bangor Daily News by Walter Griffin. PORTLAND, Maine - With the primary election just seven weeks away,...

Chellie Pingree offers Petraeus an exit strategy

April 9, 2008 TheNation.com by John Nichols. ...Baghdad is locked down under curfew. U.S. Embassy personnel are under orders to seek...

For Burner and Pingree, risks and rewards in courting progressives

March 24, 2008 PolitickerME.com by Alex Isenstadt.WASHINGTON, DC - When Darcy Burner and Chellie Pingree, candidates for U.S. Congress in Washington...

Progressive Candidates, Netroots Launch Iraq Plan

March 17, 2008 The Politico by Ryan Grim. As the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq nears, six Democratic congressional...

Pingree joins push for ending Iraq war

March 17, 2008 Portland Press Herald by Jonathan Kaplan.Chellie Pingree of Maine is one of 11 Democratic congressional candidates who will...

A Responsible Plan

March 15, 2008 Huffington Post by Chellie Pingree In the five years since the United States invaded Iraq, nearly 4,000 American...

Iraq exodus tops Pingree's list

March 11, 2008 SeacoastOnline.com by Deborah McDermott. This is one in a series of articles profiling candidates seeking the District 1...

Pingree best choice to succeed Allen

March 7, 2008 Portland Press Herald Letter to the Editor, by Gordon Glover. Speaking for myself, my eyes glaze over when...

News from the 1st CD race

February 22, 2008 On Maine Politics -- MaineToday.com by Susan Cover. All candidates running for the 1st Congressional District have been...

Political Roundup for Maine

February 20, 2008 SeacoastOnline.com. Sportsman's Alliance endorses Summers PORTLAND -- Summers for Congress has gained the endorsement of the Sportsman's Alliance...

Fighting for veterans at home

February 18, 2008 Brunswick Times Record by Chellie Pingree and James Bachelder. It was just about a year ago that the...

Obama Wins Lincoln County Delegates

February 13, 2008 Lincoln County News by Kim Fletcher. Democrats all over the state caucused Sunday, Feb. 10 and after the...

Pingree speaks to young voters in Freeport

February 8, 2008 WCSH-TV 6. Chellie Pingree visits a Freeport High School class to discuss the importance of involvement in the...

Some House incumbents falling behind in fundraising

February 3, 2008 The Hill by Aaron Blake. Nearly two dozen House incumbents were outraised by their opponents and another dozen...

Maine political roundup

February 2, 2008 SeacoastOnline.com. Pingree's coffers filling fastest PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Chellie Pingree held a big lead in fund raising...

Maine's 1st Congressional District race: Where they stand

January 28, 2008 The Portland Press Herald by Kevin Wack. Six Democrats and two Republicans lay out their ideas on a...

Chellie Pingree in Lincoln County for Campaign Swing

January 23, 2008 The Lincoln County News. Democratic First District Congressional candidate Chellie Pingree brought her campaign to Lincoln County...

COA Alumna Heads for the National Stage

2007, College of the Atlantic alumni magazine, by Donnie Mullen. Chellie Pingree '79 is on the move in Maine....

Chell's Not Playing Games

November 27, 2007, Hotline -- A National Journal Daily Briefing '02 SEN nominee Pingree (D) releases ME-01 poll showing her up...

Small island, big names: How North Haven produced two prominent politicians

November 13, 2007 By Jessica Alaimo Chellie Pingree was doing well as a Democratic challenger for the State Senate in 1992....

Paradise Found! An Actual, Good Person in Government

June 15, 2006 Huffington Post By Robert J. Elisberg People have been cynical about politicians since the Roman Empire. ("O, that...

Some primary challengers catch incumbents in third-quarter funds

Washington, DC The Hill By Aaron Blake October 17, 2007 Several incumbents facing tough primary challenges in 2008 either were out-raised...

Senate election fundraising on pace to set record

October 16, 2007 Portland Press Herald Election 2008: Democratic 1st District House candidates draw more money than Republicans. By PAUL CARRIER,...

Pingree maintains congressional fundraising edge in 1st District

October 15, 2007 AP Story By Francis X. Quinn, Associated Press Writer AUGUSTA, Maine --Fundraising front-runner Chellie Pingree built on her...

After 4 years away, Pingree pines for Maine

BART JANSEN Washington D.C. CorrespondentPortland Press HeraldFebruary 10, 2007Final, Front, page A1Chellie Pingree, a former Maine Senate majority leader, is eager...

Chellie Pingree launches bid for Allen's seat

She says she will focus on affordable heath care, renewable energy and ending the Iraq war. June 16, 2007, The Associated...

James Boyce's Meet Your Candidates Interview with Chellie Pingree, April 2, 2007

The following is an interview with Chellie published on the Huffington Post website on April 2, 2007.  The Huffington Post is...

Democrat's House Bid Seems Sign of Allen Senate Try in Maine -- But He's Not Saying

http://www.nytimes.com April 4, 2007 By Matthew Spieler, CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY Maine Democrat Chellie Pingree has plenty of political experience as a former...

Endorsements Heat Up Race in Maine's 1st District

September 11, 2007 Congressional Quarterly By Jessica Benton Cooney Democratic Rep. Tom Allen's decision to leave his Maine 1st District seat...