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Collins Struggles to Undo Damage Caused By GOP Tax Bill Vote
Westbrook, MAINE - Maine Senator Susan Collins is struggling to secure passage of legislation aimed at stabilizing the health care insurance market, and she appears to be willing to use a woman’s right to make her own personal medical decisions as a bargaining chip.
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Five Questions Silent Shawn Moody Still Hasn’t Answered About Gun Safety
Westbrook, MAINE – Yesterday, auto-body repair chain shop owner and Republican candidate for governor Shawn Moody took to Facebook to tout armed school resource officers “as part of the solution” to gun violence in schools.
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President Trump Latest Republican to Disagree with Paul LePage On Expanding Access to Naloxone
Shawn Moody remains the only Republican candidate to not state his position on naloxone. Who does he agree with? Donald Trump or Paul LePage?
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CMP Parent Company Promised Consumer Savings After Passage of GOP Tax Bill, Then CMP Overcharged Maine Customers
Westbrook, MAINE – In case you missed it, two months ago Central Maine Power Company’s (CMP) parent company AVANGRID promised it would pass along all of its savings from the GOP tax bill to its consumers, including those in Maine. However, today, the Maine Public Utilities Commission voted to open an investigation into CMP after more than 1,000 Mainers received inexplicably high bills from the company.
Below is a copy of a January press release issued by AVINGRID, touting the tax cuts and how those savings would be passed onto customers:
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Democrats Field Full Slate of Candidates To Retake Majority in Maine Senate & Expand Majority in Maine House
Capitalizing on unprecedented excitement, Democrats running for office include a record number of women along with small business owners, doctors, and veterans of the military:
Westbrook, MAINE - Today, the Maine Democratic Party, along with the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee and the House Democratic Campaign Committee, announced that they have fielded one of the strongest, most diverse set of candidates seeking election and re-election to the Maine House and Senate ever.
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Maine Democratic Party Responds to Republican Les Gibson’s Withdrawal from HD57 Race
Westbrook, MAINE - Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett issued the following statement in response to reports that Republican Les Gibson withdrew from the race for House District 57 after he verbally assaulted two students who survived the school shooting in Parkland:
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Democratic Candidate Eryn Gilchrist Announces Run For HD-57
Westbrook, MAINE – Democrat Eryn Gilchrist of Greene announced today that she will run for Maine State House District 57 (Sabattus and Greene), challenging Republican candidate Les Gibson who recently garnered national headlines for insulting two students who survived the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. -
Maine Republican Leaders Silent on House Candidate Who Insulted School Shooting Survivor
Westbrook, MAINE – As people across the country speak out against Republican State House candidate Les Gibson’s verbal attack on two students who survived the tragic Parkland school shooting, there is a group of people in Maine who have remained shamefully silent: Republican leaders.
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Moody Continues to Struggle As He Falls Flat Trying to Clean Up Widely-Condemned Fire Extinguisher Remark
Westbrook, MAINE – Nearly a full week after his now-infamous and widely-condemned remark that fire extinguishers are a “great deterrent” to school shooters, Republican candidate for governor Shawn Moody still can’t seem to pull his campaign out of its downward spiral. In fact, he seems to be making it worse.
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Does Mary Mayhew Agree with Paul LePage about Former Staffer Accused of Domestic Abuse?
Westbrook, Maine - After Republican Governor Paul LePage expressed support for David Sorensen, his former staffer who resigned from the White House following allegations of domestic abuse, Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett called on Mary Mayhew, who also knows Sorensen well, to say whether or not she agrees with the governor’s assessment:
