TAMPA, Fla. — Part of Maine’s delegation walked out of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday in a boycott over a decision to strip away half of Ron Paul’s delegates. Supporters of the Texas congressman, some wearing clothespins on their noses, tried one last time to appeal from the convention floor before walking out. Despite […]
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Convention delegates pay their own way
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Who foots the bill for Gov. Paul LePage and the Maine delegation to travel to the National Republican Convention? Many thanks, Sun Spots. — Carolyn Libbey, [email protected] ANSWER: Sun Spots put this question to the Sun Journal’s state politics editor, Scott Thistle, who said that the attendees to conventions pay their own […]
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Partisan Democrats have selective amnesia regarding tax cuts
I was saddened to see that, before the fall campaign starts in earnest, partisan Democrats are running TV attack ads against Androscoggin County Republican Sens. Lois Snowe-Mello and Garrett Mason, and three other GOP senators. The ads allege that these senators were a rubber stamp for the governor, claiming they voted for “tax cuts for […]
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Rift between Maine Republicans over national convention delegates grows wider
LEWISTON — A Maine Republican Party committeeman is calling for a special meeting to hash out the widening rift over sending Ron Paul delegates to the national convention. Jonathan Pfaff of Cumberland has petitioned party Chairman Charlie Webster of Farmington to call the meeting in response to the party’s national committeewoman seeking to disqualify the […]
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Officials: Romney, RNC haul in $100 million-plus
DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee combined to raise more than $100 million in June, two GOP officials said Thursday, a striking number for a challenger who for the second straight month outpaced President Barack Obama and the Democrats. Given the pace of Obama’s heavy advertising spending […]
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Romney says mandate really is a tax
WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Mitt Romney on Wednesday said requiring all Americans to buy health insurance amounts to a tax, contradicting a senior campaign adviser who days ago said the Republican presidential candidate viewed President Barack Obama’s mandate as anything but a tax. “The majority of the court said it’s a tax and therefore it is […]
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Vermont Democrats attack governor over inviting LePage, others to fundraiser
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont’s Democratic Party is trying to paint Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Brock as a hard-right conservative by criticizing his choice of political headliners for his upcoming fundraisers: the GOP governors of Maine and Virginia. Brock is calling the tactic nasty, negative campaigning, and says appearances by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Maine […]
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Nichols wins Republican slot in sheriff’s race
FARMINGTON — Republican candidate Scott Nichols of New Sharon will represent the GOP in the race for Franklin County sheriff in November. Nichols received 1,561 votes over Thomas White of Jay, who had 753. Nichols will face Sheriff Dennis Pike, unenrolled, of Farmington in the November election. Nichols, the Carrabassett Valley police chief, took the […]
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Nichols leads White in sheriff’s race for Republican slot
FARMINGTON — Republican candidate Scott Nichols of New Sharon was leading Thomas White of Jay, also a Republican, Tuesday to represent the Republican Party in November’s Franklin County Sheriff’s race. Only some towns had reported results in. By 11:30 p.m. Nichols had received 1,257 votes to White’s 676 votes. The winner will face Sheriff Dennis […]
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Raye wins Maine’s 2nd District GOP primary
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Republican voters on Tuesday picked Kevin Raye, the state Senate president, to face incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in the 2nd District House race in November. Early unofficial results showed Raye of Perry, a familiar figure in the state’s political scene, defeating primary challenger Blaine Richardson of Belfast, a […]