LEWISTON — They may have gone head to head at times, but for the most part Mayor Robert Macdonald and Gov. Paul LePage see eye to eye. That’s why Macdonald, a rough and tumble former policeman and detective with a knack for saying things equally as impolitic as LePage does, said Wednesday he was “101 […]
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Twin Cities mayors say LePage their guy for 2014
LEWISTON — The mayors of Lewiston and Auburn will join Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday to announce their support for LePage’s re-election campaign during an event at DaVinci’s Eatery at 150 Mill St. Auburn Mayor Jonathan LaBonte and Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald will endorse LePage, the former mayor of Waterville, during the 10 a.m. […]
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Video: LePage, Cutler and Michaud square off for round two debate
PORTLAND — With just 15 days until Election Day, the candidates in the race to be Maine’s next governor squared off in their second televised debate Monday, hitting on a range of issues from energy costs to education to health care. In an hour-long and often fiery conversation, independent Eliot Cutler, Democrat Mike Michaud and […]
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LePage and Christie visit Lewiston’s Little Canada
LEWISTON — After a $100-per-plate luncheon Tuesday, Gov. Paul LePage showed fellow Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey around the Little Canada neighborhood where LePage grew up. Christie, on his third trip to Maine in support of LePage’s re-election campaign, said the Maine governor is the kind of guy who wouldn’t forget where he […]
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LePage helps celebrate groundbreaking for new tissue mill in Baileyville
BAILEYVILLE — Gov. Paul LePage basked in the glow of a bright spot in Maine’s struggling pulp and paper industry Friday, participating in a ceremony marking construction at Woodland Pulp for a new tissue manufacturing plant. Woodland Pulp held a groundbreaking ceremony at its plant to showcase construction of the St. Croix Tissue mill, which […]
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New poll shows LePage leading governor’s race
PORTLAND — A new poll on the race for Maine governor suggests Republican Gov. Paul LePage has a significant lead over the Democratic nominee, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, while independent candidate Eliot Cutler has nearly 20 percent support. But the poll released Thursday by the Portland-based Pan Atlantic SMS, which surveyed 400 Maine residents in the […]
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Michaud gains support of Republican vets in run for governor
LEWISTON — Congressman Mike Michaud, the Democrat seeking to be Maine’s next governor, gained the support of two high-profile Republicans as he rolled out a multipoint plan for better serving the state’s veterans Monday. During an appearance at Lewiston’s Veterans Memorial Park at 2 Main St, Anthony Principi, a former secretary of the Veterans Administration […]
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North to Augusta: Michaud: ‘Call me, ‘Mike”
My name is Michael What’s in a name? That’s the question some political observers are asking as opponents of Democratic candidate for governor, Congressman Mike Michaud, have taken to calling him Michael Michaud. Unlike the character in the 1970s hit song “Playground in my Mind” by Clint Holmes, Michaud is decidedly a “Mike” and not […]
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Maine debate over Medicaid expansion key issue for candidates in 2014
“If I’m elected, on Day 1, I’ll be submitting legislation to the Legislature to cover the 70,000 Mainers, of which 3,000 are veterans, to expand access to health care under the Affordable Care Act because it’s the morally right thing to do. It’s a matter of priorities. This governor (LePage) chose to give wealthy individuals […]
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Cutler says Katahdin region abandoned by Michaud and LePage, pledges long-term support
Eliot Cutler, the independent candidate in Maine’s gubernatorial race, continued his onslaught against incumbent Gov. Paul LePage’s record on economic development and jobs but also charged LePage and Mike Michaud, the Democrat in the race, of abandoning the mill towns of Millinocket and East Millinocket following the bankruptcy filing of the Great Northern Paper Co. […]