LEWISTON — Some folks work so hard that people say they live in their offices. Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin lives in his office in a literal sense, going so far as to install a bed. The Republican congressman prefers the efficiency of sleeping in a Murphy bed and showering in the House gym. “He […]
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Maine saw more negative campaign ads than anywhere
If watching television this fall felt kind of slimy, there was a good reason. The congressional race in Maine’s 2nd District saw more negative advertising during the campaign than any other U.S. House matchup in America. At the hottest point in the campaign, Maine viewers saw a negative ad by one side or the other […]
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Poliquin only Republican from New England in U.S. House
When the next Congress convenes in the nation’s capital in January, the only New England Republican among them will hail from Maine. The sole GOP holdout in the U.S. House among the region’s 21 members will be U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, whose northern Maine district re-elected him by a wide margin last week to a […]
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Savage didn’t address the issue
This is in response to comments from Maine Republican Party Executive Director Jason Savage about a press conference I spoke at in Lewiston, mentioned in an article, “BIW workers lash out at Poliquin on pensions” (Sun Journal, Nov. 5). Savage did not address the issue of BIW pensions, raised by myself and Ralph Hilton, nor […]
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Rep. Bruce Poliquin declares victory in Maine’s 2nd District
BANGOR — Cementing his place in Maine’s political upper echelon, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin declared victory in the 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday over Democrat Emily Cain in a nationally targeted rematch that attracted a record level of spending. He apparently won on the back of a disciplined — and often evasive — campaign in […]
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Baseless attack on Poliquin
This is in response to a Sun Journal article (Nov. 3) that called into question the 13 years that Congressman Bruce Poliquin worked for Wall Street firm Avatar Associates. In the article, three employees of Bath Iron Works were quoted detailing their accusations that, during his tenure with Avatar Associates, Poliquin intentionally mismanaged the then-in-place […]
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Congressmen forking over money for 2nd Congressional District race
It helps to have friends in high places. At least 75 members of the U.S. Congress have dipped into their own campaign funds to donate to their party’s candidate in Maine’s hard-fought 2nd Congressional District. Republican and Democratic incumbents, most of them in safe districts with no serious challenger, collectively tossed $114,000 into the coffers […]
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Workers lash out at Poliquin
Two longtime employees of the firm spoke at her Lisbon Street headquarters to lash into U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, the first-term Republican whom Cain aims to unseat in Tuesday’s voting in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Poliquin is under fire for saying he’d helped manage the pension fund years ago when he actually had no role […]
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Yes to Trump, Poliquin
By not indicting Hillary Clinton, the Justice Department broke or waived many rules of ethical conduct, just to keep her on the ballot. Lies, misdealings, fumbles, an illegal private server to avoid FOIA requests were all meant to keep Americans from the truth about her four damaging and lackluster years. Her words and actions disqualify […]
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Michelle Obama makes video touting Emily Cain
First lady Michelle Obama weighed in on Maine’s hotly contested 2nd District race Thursday. Democrat Emily Cain released a video of Obama asking people to vote on Tuesday to put “a champion for Maine families and kids” in Congress. In the video, Obama spoke directly into camera and said, “We all know how important it […]