AUGUSTA — Assistant House Minority Leader Alex Willette of Mapleton, who earlier this summer became the spokesman for Gov. Paul LePage’s re-election campaign, resigned from his House seat on Thursday. Willette, who represents House District 7 in central Aroostook County, said he resigned because his job with the LePage campaign and his fledgling legal career […]
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LePage gives Androscoggin GOP pep talk in Auburn
[View the story “LePage gives Androscoggin GOP pep talk in Auburn” on Storify] AUBURN — During a visit to celebrate the Maine Republican Party’s new Androscoggin County headquarters at 120 Center St. on Wednesday, Gov. Paul LePage delivered a 30-minute pep talk to the party faithful. Cheering him on were about 100 people and Maine […]
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Local Republicans to meet
AUBURN — Lewiston Republican City Committee will meet Monday, July 28, at the Androscoggin GOP Office, 120 Center Street, Auburn. The meeting will run from 5 to 8 p.m. This will be a working meeting. For more information, call 207-332-4768.
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Readfield, Winthrop, Monmouth Republicans to hold nominating caucus
Emily Roderick, chairman of the Readfield Republican Committee, has withdrawn as a candidate in House District 81. She had won the nomination in an uncontested primary on June 10. Republicans living in the newly-apportioned House District 81, which consists of Readfield, Winthrop and part of Monmouth, will hold a special caucus to select a replacement […]
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Susan Collins becomes fourth GOP senator to publicly support same-sex marriage
AUGUSTA — After receiving the endorsement of the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday indicated for the first time her personal support for same-sex marriage. “A number of states, including my home state of Maine, have now legalized same-sex marriage, and I agree with that decision,” Collins said in response […]
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Snowe proposes open primaries as a way to combat DC gridlock
AUGUSTA — She has been out of office for nearly two years, but former Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has stayed focused on Washington. The three-term senator from Maine famously left Congress in 2012, dispirited by what she described as increasingly partisan gridlock and a failure of lawmakers to do the people’s work. She has […]
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Poliquin aims for unity in bid to return 2nd District to GOP
AUGUSTA — Shortly after it became clear Tuesday night that Bruce Poliquin had sewn up the Republican party’s nomination in Maine’s open 2nd Congressional District, he made it clear that he would need opponent Kevin Raye’s supporters if he is to win the general election in November. “We are going to need Kevin, we’re going […]
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Tea Party candidate defeats House Majority Leader Cantor in Virginia primary
RICHMOND, Va. — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated Tuesday by a little-known economics professor in Virginia’s Republican primary, a stunning upset and major victory for the tea party. Cantor is the second-most powerful member of the U.S. House and was seen by some as a possible successor to the House speaker. His loss […]
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Was LePage right on Medicaid expansion? Republicans, officials divided
AUGUSTA — Officials in the state of Arkansas are saying “not so fast” to claims being made by leaders in Maine’s Republican Party that an expansion of Arkansas’s Medicaid program has led that state to fiscal crisis and Maine was wise not to expand its low-income health care program. Amy Webb, communications director for the […]
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Lewiston GOP to meet Thursday
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Republican City Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the Armory, 65 Central Ave. The meeting will end at 8 p.m. The public is invited to meet local candidates. For more information, call 332-4768.