Independent Alan Caron withdrew from the governor’s race Monday and urged his followers to vote for the Democratic candidate, Attorney General Janet Mills. His decision fulfills a campaign trail promise to get out of the race if it became apparent he could not win. “I’m not a person who quits things easily,” Caron said at […]
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Alan Caron waffles on pledge to withdraw from governor’s race
Independent gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron remains undecided about whether he will remain in the race until Election Day despite an earlier pledge to drop out if he saw no path to victory by mid-October. Caron is one of four candidates — along with Democrat Janet Mills, Republican Shawn Moody and independent Terry Hayes — running […]
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Candidate for governor Alan Caron releases economic plan
Independent gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron held a series of press conferences Tuesday touting smaller government, affordable healthcare, a 30-year energy independence plan and major bonding for expanded broadband as part of an eight-point economic plan. Also on Caron’s list – welcoming immigrants, shrinking the Legislature to 100 members and limiting the number of bills submitted, […]
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Mills the top fundraiser in Maine’s race for governor, new reports show
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Janet Mills raised almost $800,000 in campaign contributions in the last two months, more than twice the amount that Republican Shawn Moody raised in the same period, according to the latest campaign finance reports, filed Tuesday night. Mills has raised a total of $1.8 million for the race, to Moody’s $1.4 million. […]
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Alan Caron’s unusual path to the race for governor
FREEPORT — He’d heard his mother crying behind the closed bedroom door one too many times. She had had a child out of wedlock 18 years earlier. The church had excommunicated her. He was the child. Several of his friends had private grievances of their own with the Catholic clergy of Waterville, then a powerful […]
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Governor candidate Caron made nearly $1 million last year; Moody’s income is under wraps
Three of the four candidates in the race to be Maine’s next governor released copies of their state and federal tax returns at the request of the Portland Press Herald on Friday, and independent candidate Alan Caron reported the highest income, $912,952, in 2017 and paid $190,193 in state and federal taxes. Republican Shawn Moody, […]
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Candidates for Maine governor offer solutions to labor shortage
LEWISTON — Maine voters got their first look at all four candidates for governor on the same stage Monday night during a forum focused largely on workforce development issues. Democrat Janet Mills, Republican Shawn Moody and independents Terry Hayes and Alan Caron offered varying approaches to attracting and keeping young people in a state that’s facing an […]
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New poll shows 2018 race for Maine governor in virtual dead heat
Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills are locked in a dead heat in the Maine governor’s election, according to a new poll by Suffolk University in Boston. In the race for the U.S. Senate, incumbent Angus King, an independent, holds a commanding lead, with 52 percent saying they would vote for him if the […]
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Money race for Blaine House tightens as Maine’s campaign season heats up
The money race for the Blaine House is tightening as the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor both surpassed $1 million in fundraising – followed closely behind by an independent – headed into the summer campaign season. Campaign finance figures released Tuesday night show Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills edging out her Republican opponent, businessman […]
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Independents jockey for attention in race for governor
AUGUSTA — With the primaries for Maine’s Democratic and Republican parties now over, the two independent candidates in the race to be the state’s next governor are stepping from the shadows and making their presence known. Alan Caron and Terry Hayes are poised to spend more than $1 million on their campaigns between now and […]