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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GOP ticket in Maine features conflicting views
LEWISTON — She’s been endorsed by labor unions, a leading environmental organization, a national gay rights group and Maine’s popular independent U.S. senator, Angus King. At first blush it would be easy to mistake Susan Collins — seeking her fourth term in the U.S. Senate — as a Democrat. But Collins is most decidedly a […]
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National Republicans target Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA (AP) — National Republican groups eager to flip more state Legislatures over to GOP control said Thursday the Maine House of Representatives and Senate are among their top targets this year. Leaders of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee and the Republican State Leadership Committee said in a conference call that the two chambers are […]
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M. Jalbert: Unrelenting obstructionism
House Speaker John Boehner’s recent declaration about “suing the president” is probably the single most absurd utterance I have ever heard. Just when I think that all has been said, someone comes out and spews even more ridiculous rhetoric. It seems to me that, given what Boehner is saying (that the president isn’t complying with […]
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Farmington, New Sharon Republicans to caucus
FARMINGTON — Republicans residing in the newly apportioned House District 113, which consists of Farmington and New Sharon, will hold a special caucus to select a replacement for the Republican nominee for the Maine House, according to Bill Crandall, chairman of the Farmington Republican Committee, and Scott Nichols, chairman of the New Sharon Republican Committee. […]
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Cal Thomas: Republicans need to bring a new message
It is a line I have used to open speeches on the lecture circuit for years and it never fails to get a laugh: “I’m happy to be here tonight from Washington, D.C., where the only politicians with convictions are in prison.” That’s only partially true. Democrats have convictions. They know what to do with […]
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R. Polley: Time to do their job
I joined the Army in 1957, when I was 17 years old. I grew up in the Army. I served in Korea in 1958 and 1959. I am one of the millions of Americans who made a commitment to our country and now I ask that members of Congress uphold their commitment to America’s veterans. […]
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J. McCabe: Get real with welfare reform
Welfare fraud is simply unacceptable. That’s why Democrats have pushed Republicans to step up and prosecute rather than politicize the issue. In his June 17 letter, Eric Brakey seems unaware of how these issues played out in the legislative session. Republicans pushed policies they knew were not enforceable or would push struggling families further into […]
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Maine Republicans promote party unity
The Maine GOP hosted a pep rally of sorts that drew more than 100 supporters to Husson University’s Dyke Center for Family Business Friday morning. Speakers stressed the importance of a unified party in getting their slate of candidates into office. “What unites all of us is a commitment to growing more jobs to make […]
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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 […]