MELLOR TARGETS MAGAZINER, MAINE EXPOSES TOXIC GROWS | THE EARLY BIRD

Ed Martin talks with Republican nominee Vic Mellor, the Warwick businessman and former Marine who won the Sept. 9 GOP primary, about his Nov. 3 race against Democratic Rep. Seth Magaziner. They cover spending, the border, and constitutional rights in a district Democrats have held since 2023.

RAV national political correspondent Neil McCabe breaks down the sprint to Nov. 3, from the campaign trail to the president’s orbit, as both parties fight for the House and a Senate map full of toss-ups.

Independent journalist Breanna Morello looks at younger voters, key House races, and what social-media sentiment may be signaling about November.

Maine Wire reporter Steven Robinson on Sen. Susan Collins’ toss-up re-election against Democrat Troy Jackson, and his reporting on Chinese-linked illegal marijuana grows. Raids have turned up banned fumigants, and Collins and fellow senators just demanded a federal probe into the networks.

Make a plan to vote and help a neighbor do the same. Ed on why knowing when to stop wasting time is a superpower.

Question for the audience: With Election Day on Nov. 3, which fight matters more where you live: the House map, Collins in Maine, or spending and the border?