CLEVELAND — The Latest on the Republican National Convention in Cleveland (all time local): Updated 12:30 a.m.: Melania Trump’s well-received speech Monday to the Republican National Convention contains two passages that match nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention. The passages in question focus on lessons […]
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LePage says Indian workers hard to understand, insults Obama
BANGOR — Maine’s Republican governor says it’s hard to understand workers “from Bulgaria” and workers from India are “the worst ones.” Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday that foreign workers are being used in restaurants after he criticized a referendum proposal to raise Maine’s minimum wage to $12. He says he’s disappointed his alternative proposal to […]
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Cruz backers to try to block LePage from national convention
BANGOR, Maine — Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz think they can storm the party’s state convention on Saturday, which could leave Gov. Paul LePage off the list of delegates to the national convention in July. The behind-the-scenes tension involving the governor — a supporter of Republican front-runner Donald Trump — belied a quiet start to the […]
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Alex Willette, Ellie Espling to serve Maine GOP on national committee
BANGOR — Maine Republican Party national committeeman Alex Willette was re-elected to his spot Friday, and Assistant House Minority Leader Ellie Espling, R-New Gloucester, was elected to join him as committeewoman. Willette, a former lawmaker who lives in Lewiston and is now an assistant district attorney in Sagadahoc County, was elected 710-474 over Earl Bierman, […]
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LePage pledges to continue fighting for Maine taxpayers at GOP convention
BANGOR — Attendees at this year’s Maine Republican Convention got exactly what they came for: Rousing campaign speeches, political red meat, the assurance from party leaders and candidates that the party says have what it takes to defeat Democrats in November. From Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s often funny speech about the need to expand the […]
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Rand Paul confronts GOP divide in Maine
BANGOR — Sen. Rand Paul faces a divided Republican Party as he arrives in Maine. The Kentucky Republican is set to address the state Republican convention on Saturday, an annual event for GOP officials troubled by infighting since libertarian-minded activists loyal to Paul’s father seized control of the state party. This year’s theme is “unity,” […]
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Divided no more? Unity reigns at Maine GOP Convention in Bangor
BANGOR — If there was one storyline from the first day of this year’s Maine Republican Convention, it was that there were no surprises. After two raucous conventions that saw party insurgents hijack the Maine GOP’s platform in 2010 and the entire convention in 2012, Republicans at the Cross Insurance Center made good Friday on […]