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Analysis: GOP will have tough time keeping Maine Senate majority
AUGUSTA — The tough road for Republicans to keep a majority in the Maine Senate runs through seven Republican-held districts where party registration favors Democrats or gives Republicans a slight edge, according to a Bangor Daily News analysis. The balance of power in the Legislature has been on a pendulum for the past three elections: […]
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Maine GOP picks 19 Ted Cruz supporters as delegates
BANGOR — In a blow to Gov. Paul LePage, supporters of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz took at least 19 of Maine’s 23 delegates to the party’s national convention on Saturday. They outmaneuvered front-runner Donald Trump — who is endorsed by the governor — on the floor of Maine’s state convention with an eye toward […]
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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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Maine GOP strives for iron clad delegation selection
Strong showing from all our counties! You are all awesome. #MEGOPSC2016 #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/ZjddkE4VTc — Maine GOP (@mainegop) April 22, 2016 Meanwhile, the secretive Contests Committee met behind closed doors. The party won’t even release the names of its members yet. But come mid-June, when skirmishing in advance of a possible contested convention will be at […]
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Why there’s room for wrangling at Maine GOP convention
The Maine Republican Party begins its state convention Bangor on Friday and on Saturday, it’ll pick the delegates who will help decide the party’s presidential nominee in July at what may be the first contested national convention since 1976. In Maine, the 2016 convention is expected to be nothing like the 2012 debacle that saw backers of insurgent White House hopeful Ron Paul take […]
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Carly Fiorina to represent Ted Cruz at Maine GOP convention
The Maine Republican Party has announced that former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will speak at the party’s state convention Saturday on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, suspended her presidential campaign in February of this year and has since endorsed Cruz. This marks Fiorina’s second visit to […]
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Maine GOP aims for excitement not controversy at convention
The Maine GOP is going to have some star power at its state convention this weekend. Conservative radio talk show host Howie Carr will be broadcasting live, and Ben Carson will deliver the keynote address. But organizers hope the excitement ends there; they’re not looking for controversy. “We hope it’s more in the way of […]
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Ben Carson to give keynote address at Maine GOP convention
BANGOR (AP) — Former presidential candidate Ben Carson will be the keynote speaker at the Maine Republican Party state convention on April 22. Carson, who ended his campaign prior to Maine’s Republican caucus on March 5, will speak on the first day of the two-day convention. Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who like Carson has endorsed […]
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Analysis: Why won’t Rep. Bruce Poliquin be a GOP delegate?
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin further distanced himself from 2016 presidential politics on Tuesday, telling a Boston gathering that he won’t run to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention. It’s not much of a surprise, since the Republican from Maine’s 2nd District has neither endorsed a candidate in the race led by bombastic front-runner […]