Moments after declaring that he didn’t think he would make a good legislator, Gov. Paul LePage told a radio station Thursday that he is “seriously considering” taking on U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018. LePage told the Portland-based WGAN that he’s not interested in retiring or taking a desk job with the Trump administration, but […]
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Susan Collins may run for governor in 2018 ‘to heal the state’
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine Calling it “a hard decision,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday she’s mulling whether to run for governor in 2018 in a bid to “try to heal the state and bring people back together.” Collins, a Republican, told the Portland-based WGAN radio that she is weighing whether she should seek […]
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Eric Brakey seeks to move from state Senate to U.S. Senate
Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, intends to run against Sen. Angus King in the 2018 U.S. Senate race. More coverage: Eric Brakey accepts he is underdog in bid to unseat Angus King Give this to Eric Brakey: the 28-year-old state senator aims high. A week after declaring he planned to investigate a possible U.S. Senate run, the […]
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Eric Brakey accepts he is underdog in bid to unseat Angus King
Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, intends to run against Sen. Angus King in the 2018 U.S. Senate race. PORTLAND — A young Auburn legislator who began his political career on the libertarian fringe of Republican politics announced an underdog 2018 run against independent U.S. Sen. Angus King in a video given to the Bangor Daily News […]
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Eric Brakey inches closer to taking on Sen. Angus King in 2018
State Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, is considering challenging U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, in 2018. State Sen. Eric Brakey has taken the first formal step toward a possible campaign to try to unseat U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018. Brakey said Wednesday he has formed an exploratory committee that will allow him to raise enough […]
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Gov. Paul LePage heads to D.C. opposing GOP health care plan
Maine Gov. Paul LePage is heading to the nation’s capital today to tell officials to scrap the health care plan backed by President Donald Trump and start over. “Let’s do it right” instead of rushing to get something approved swiftly, LePage told a Portland radio station. The governor told WGAN that he is going to […]
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Digital clues point to Garrett Mason, Mary Mayhew running for governor
AUGUSTA — A recently reserved website domain name hints that Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew could be moving closer to a run for governor in 2018. Nobody has formally declared a run to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Paul LePage. But Mayhew was among more than a dozen people who responded […]
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Group wants to put Medicaid expansion on Maine ballot
PORTLAND — An Augusta advocacy group says its signature drive to get Medicaid expansion on Maine’s ballot has been “hugely successful.” The Portland Press Herald reports the organization, Maine Equal Justice Partners, expects to make an announcement Thursday. Expanding Medicaid would insure about 80,000 people. The group says many of the signatures needed to put […]