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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Political foes slam new LePage vacation policy
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s political foes in his re-election bid are criticizing a new policy that’s giving more vacation time to political appointees and staff. But LePage’s administration says the policy change is part of a larger effort to improve recruitment and retention in state government. Under it, 54 officials have been able […]
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Michaud pitches plan to make health care more affordable
PORTLAND — As part of a wide-ranging 10-point health care plan he unveiled Monday, Democratic candidate for governor Mike Michaud reiterated his support for expanding Medicaid to 70,000 uninsured Mainers and making investments in preventative health care programs. The plan earned positive responses from health care advocates, though they said there is little in it that has […]
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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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Democrat says comment, Michaud ‘not a brain guy,’ taken out of context
BANGOR — In an audio recording released by the Maine Republican Party, a Democratic state senator campaigning for re-election said if the race for governor were between Democratic candidate Mike Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler, he would vote for Cutler. Michaud, Maine’s 2nd District U.S. representative, and Cutler are challenging Republican Gov. Paul LePage. State […]
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LePage campaign releases first video ad
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s has released his first advertisement in the three-person race for Maine governor. The ad titled “Our Governor” that was unveiled Monday features several Mainers, including Democratic and independent voters, highlighting LePage’s first-term accomplishments, like paying off a $400 million debt owed to Maine hospitals and enforcing one of the […]
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LePage in New Jersey for fundraiser with Christie
The breakfast fundraiser is being held in Benardsville on Monday. Attendees are being charged $3,000 for the event at the Benards Inn. Christie, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, has already visited Maine twice to campaign for LePage this year and has said that he plans to return at least once more before the November […]
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North to Augusta: The post-Labor Day fun begins
Maine conventional wisdom suggests that the election season doesn’t really start until after Labor Day — and true to form, the campaigns for governor, Maine’s seats in the U.S. Congress and the State House are getting into full swing. Also now in full swing are the needling and nitpicking that goes on between the competing […]
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The ‘not really’ candidate for governor is really out of the race
AUGUSTA — A Freeport man who was running for Maine governor — but “not really” — has dropped out of the race. The relatively unknown fourth candidate in the Maine governor’s race, Lee Schultheis, said Friday that has withdrawn his name from the ballot in November. The 58-year-old independent played on the fact that his […]
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Cutler hits LePage hard on economic policy
AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler, who touted an economic development plan Thursday that rehashed some of the policy proposals he’s discussed in recent months, lashed out at Republican Gov. Paul LePage for talking more about jobs than planning to create them during his first term as governor. “A lot of people who […]