AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Independent Eliot Cutler was leading Paul LePage in Maine’s race for governor as early results were tallied. With votes counted from 13 percent of the state’s precincts, Cutler led with 40 percent of the vote, while LePage had 32 percent and Libby Mitchell 22 percent. Fellow independents Shawn Moody and Kevin […]
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Maine election officials expecting on par voter turn out
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine election officials are expecting a big turnout as voters get ready to cast their ballots in the open race for governor and two congressional seats. Republican Paul LePage has been leading the polls in the five-way race for governor, while independent Eliot Cutler and Democrat Libby Mitchell are hoping to […]
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Five gov. race rivals discuss attack ads, taxes in final debate
AUGUSTA (AP) — An eighth-grader’s submitted question about negative political ads triggered the sharpest exchange among the five candidates for governor on Saturday night as they held their final debate before Election Day. Republican candidate Paul LePage said more than $2 million had been spent by opponents attacking him, although he quipped, “One good thing […]
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LePage cancels debate appearance at Bates
LEWISTON — Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage has withdrawn from Thursday’s Maine Public Broadcasting Network Your Vote 2010 debate scheduled at Bates College. According to a press release issued by MPBN, LePage campaign spokesman Brent Littlefield notified the station at 4 p.m. Wednesday that LePage had decided instead to “meet with voters” as part of […]
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Cutler says attack ads show ‘they’re afraid’
PORTLAND — As independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler began his Monday news conference decrying the “character assassination” campaign waged against him by the proxies of his Republican and Democratic rivals, a man and a woman entered the candidate’s Commercial Street headquarters holding mailings distributed by the Maine Democratic Party. One mailer, showing an image of […]
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Official: LePage tax exemption allowed in Florida
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Florida county has closed its investigation into a tax exemption claimed by the family of Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage on a Florida home, concluding that the $1,400 tax break was allowed under state law, a tax official ruled Monday. In a letter to LePage’s lawyer, the property appraiser […]
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Race for Governor 2010: Jobs, business development
The latest figures from Maine’s Department of Labor put the unemployment rate at 8 percent, slightly below the national average. High jobless claims and the economy are national issues. But several candidates in the Maine gubernatorial race have localized the problem, saying the state isn’t doing enough to create jobs and encourage business growth. Some […]
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Gubering our way toward a new governor
Why would anyone want to be Maine’s next gubernator? Or, even gubernatrix? After all, our gubernaculum is facing an $800 million deficit and and voters are plenty angry. And angry people, as we all know, are hard to guberno. Yes, they are all actual words, words which did not survive the transition from Latin to […]
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Maine Democrats attack LePage on nuclear power
PORTLAND (AP) — The Brunswick Democratic Town Committee is targeting Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage over remarks he made about nuclear power. On Thursday, the committee unveiled a website targeting LePage’s support of nuclear power. It cited a radio interview before the June primary in which LePage said that 20 years from now he’d […]
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Hospital debt irks LePage
AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage on Thursday accused Democrats, including Blaine House rival Libby Mitchell, of doing too little to pay down a nearly $400 million debt that the state owes hospitals for Medicaid services. “Decisions made in Augusta are putting a burden on the backs of Maine hospitals,” LePage said following […]