Heating Oil Squeezes Maine Voters

MaineHeating oil hit $6.05 a gallon, state survey shows.

Roughly half of Mainers heat with oil, against 3% nationwide, and face thousands of dollars more.

The Iran war closed the Strait of Hormuz, which handles 20% to 25% of seaborne oil and product flows.

“I don’t know when my heat will run out,” said Laurie Ellen Hudson, a 70-year-old widow.

Mainers vote Nov. 3 between Sen. Susan Collins, who backed extending Iran operations 5 times, and Troy Jackson.

How each outlet framed it

Drop Site News leans critical: ties Maine's record heating-oil price to half of Mainers' reliance on heating oil and to Collins's five votes to extend Iran operations