The word count and election letters rules limits the fact that I would like to write a letter for each of the following as the best choices for the coming election. Instead, my best choices are as follows: • Governor: Eliot Cutler • U.S. Senate: Susan Collins • U.S. Congress: Emily Cain • State Senate: […]
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Michaud unveils plan to help Maine’s paper industry as LePage seeks buyer for Bucksport mill
BREWER — Maine’s candidates for governor weighed in Thursday on the announced closure of the Verso mill in Bucksport by airing ideas for preserving the paper industry and criticizing the policies and inaction they said led to the economic bad news. Verso officials announced Wednesday afternoon that the local mill will shut down by the […]
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R. Harder: The choice is clear
When I tell my friends I’m voting for Eliot Cutler, conversation usually stops. Faces become blank, eyes shift downward. It’s as if I’m announcing I have a terminal illness. But I know there’s a cure. Their reaction puzzles me. These are the same folks who agree that Maine’s too-partisan politics are corrupted by “outside” money. […]
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Candidates for governor have about $2 million to spend before election
AUGUSTA — Spending by the three major candidates in the Maine governor’s race has reached $4.2 million with about 40 days left until the election. In total, the three campaigns have in excess of another $2 million to spend, according to new campaign finance reports filed Tuesday. That does not include what’s likely to be […]
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Cutler gets nod on environment from Muskie’s son
PORTLAND — The son of the late Maine environmental icon Ed Muskie said he was supporting independent Eliot Cutler in the race for Maine’s governor’s office. During a news conference Monday, Ned Muskie, the son of the former U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and Maine governor from Rumford, said his father would have supported Cutler, […]
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Cutler touts endorsements by business owners
PORTLAND — Independent candidate Eliot Cutler on Friday appeared with GOP business owners who bucked their party to throw their support behind him in this year’s gubernatorial election. The business owners said Cutler’s experience in international commerce as well as government, his dedication to building and expanding “the Maine brand,” and his pledge to keep […]
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Cutler to visit Rumford, Mexico selectmen
RUMFORD – The Rumford and Mexico Boards of Selectmen will meet with Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at Rumford Falls Auditorium. The meeting will be open to the public, Executive Secretary Terri Palmer said Friday. She said Cutler reached out to the selectmen to discuss municipal concerns. “They may […]
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Cutler defends Gratwick over ‘brain guy’ gaffe, decries use of out-of-context statements in campaigns
BANGOR — Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler said Thursday he “feels badly” for state Rep. Geoffrey Gratwick, D-Bangor, whose conversation with a constituent was secretly recorded and released by the Republican Party earlier this week. Saying Gratwick was “a good guy caught in a bad system,” Cutler said he believes Gratwick has to toe his […]
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B. Shibles: He can get Maine moving
Maine has an opportunity to elect a governor who can use his successful career and leadership experience to benefit Maine. Eliot Cutler is the only candidate with international business experience and original ideas that are critical to business and economic development for Maine in a global economy. Cutler is the only leader who will be […]