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Cutler campaign outspends rivals in Maine governor’s race

Learn About Tableau AUGUSTA — Independent Eliot Cutler continues to far outpace incumbent Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in spending on the 2014 governor’s race, despite the fact that contributions to his campaign, especially in recent weeks, have been meager. While the Cutler campaign insists that the absence of a […]

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Cutler turns in signatures for election ballot, renews call for debates

AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler turned in more than 5,500 voter signatures Thursday, ensuring his name will be on Maine’s 2014 election ballot. Cutler, of Cape Elizabeth, also renewed his challenge to the other two candidates in the race — Republican Gov. Paul LePage and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine — to […]

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T. Hayes: He will choose the best answer

As a Democrat from Oxford County, I am a proud supporter of Eliot Cutler for governor. Cutler should be Maine’s next governor because, to paraphrase the late President John F. Kennedy, Cutler won’t choose the Democratic answer or the Republican answer; he will choose the best answer for Maine. He is not focused on where […]

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Maine gubernatorial candidates state positions on abortion

LEWISTON — The candidates for governor are staking their positions on the hot-button abortion issue this week. On Tuesday, Eliot Cutler, an independent from Cape Elizabeth, released his answers to a questionnaire from the Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, a political action committee, noting again that he is the only candidate in the race to […]

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Michaud calls for Maine to cut heating oil usage

YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud on Tuesday called for Maine to cut its dependency on heating oil in half by implementing mandatory energy efficiency ratings for new homes and boosting the state’s use of renewable energy such as, wind and solar. Michaud, a Democratic candidate for governor, said his plan to help […]

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Cutler proposes lowering property taxes by raising sales tax

AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler continued his roll-out of policy ideas Tuesday with a new proposal to lower property taxes while also increasing state aid to local communities, funding for education and the budget for marketing the state of Maine. Cutler has also outlined options to pay for the $185 million plan […]

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Cutler rolls out $185 M proposal to lower property taxes — and plan to fund it

AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor continued his roll-out of policy ideas Tuesday with a new proposal to lower property taxes while also increasing state aid to local communities, funding for education and the budget for marketing the state of Maine. Cutler has also outlined options to pay for the $185 million plan with increases […]

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Cutler: Maine must find more money to fix potholes and cellphone dead zones

PORTLAND — Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler announced on Tuesday that, if elected, he’ll make smoothing out potholes and eliminating cellphone dead zones among his top priorities. Cutler highlighted his proposals to tackle perhaps two of Maine’s most irritating problems, especially in rural parts of the state, during a Tuesday announcement of his 21-point plan […]

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Cutler proposes infrastructure policy

PORTLAND — Gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler called for improved roads, cellular service and Internet access during the first major policy announcement of his campaign on Tuesday. Cutler said Maine needs to fix and modernize its road system to improve the state’s economy, which he said lags because of outdated roads and bridges. He made the […]

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PAC re-registers to support Cutler’s gubernatorial campaign

AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler, who in December announced that he will campaign “unbought” and without help from political action committees, said Friday that he has no control over a PAC set up recently for his campaign’s benefit. The Campaign for Maine PAC, which supported Cutler in 2010 and spent more than […]