Welcome to Pine Tree Politics’ gubernatorial election hub.  Here you will find the information and on record comments about a variety of issues by each serious contender for the Blaine House, to help you make your decision in both the primary, and general election.

I say “serious” contenders, because there are more than a few candidates (mostly Independents) who would be a waste of my time to talk about.  But don’t worry, I will still include most of the people who don’t have a shot at all, but will make some kind of an impact on the race one way or another.  It is the truly irrelevant I will ignore.

When possible, we will link to areas where you can read/hear/see for yourself what the candidate has said.  Pine Tree Politics has already interviewed a great number of candidates, and will attempt to speak with as many as possible as the election season progresses.

Candidates will be listed alphabetically, and by party.

REPUBLICANS

STEVE ABBOTT

VITAL INFORMATION

• OCCUPATION – Former Chief of Staff to Senator Susan Collins
• AGE – 47
• RESIDENCE – Portland, Maine
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://www.abbottforgovernor.com
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON ABBOTT - Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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ON TAX REFORM

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ON EDUCATION

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ON EQUAL MARRIAGE

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ON DIRIGO HEALTH

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ON YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING MAINE

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BILL BEARDSLEY

VITAL INFORMATION

• OCCUPATION – President of Husson College (retired)
• AGE – [Coming Soon]
• RESIDENCE – Bangor, Maine
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON BEARDSLEY - Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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ON TAX REFORM

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ON EDUCATION

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ON EQUAL MARRIAGE

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ON DIRIGO HEALTH

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ON YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING MAINE

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MATT JACOBSON

VITAL INFORMATION

• OCCUPATION – President and CEO of Maine & Company
• AGE – 48
• RESIDENCE – Cumberland, Maine
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://www.jacobsonforgovernor.com
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – Here
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON JACOBSON – Here

ON JOBS

Candidate Website – I want every part of Maine to thrive. And I believe that private enterprise, not government programs, is the best hope of achieving that goal. As Governor, I will work with communities and regions to identify their strengths and economic aspirations, and I will help Maine people unlock their greatest economic potential.

Every government policy can be harmonized with creating jobs, but no public policy can be allowed to stand in the way of Maine people building a better future for themselves, their families and their communities. In fact, job creation will be more successful with fewer, and simpler, government regulations. My administration will be charged with reducing the unnecessary or redundant regulatory burdens placed on Maine businesses.

Maine cannot wait for a stronger economy to simply come along. We need to go out and bring private sector jobs to Maine as soon as we can. That’s what I do – I bring jobs to Maine. I know how to do it, and I know what we need to be successful in our efforts.

ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND TAXES

Candidate Website - I believe government in Maine takes more than enough of your hard-earned money to provide quality services, but you and I both know that government spends your money inefficiently. Much of that inefficiency comes from the way we’ve structured government in Maine over many generations.

I plan to fix the problem.

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As we rebuild the way government is organized, we will require coupling spending reductions and government efficiencies with a corresponding lowering of the state tax burden. This effort will take innovation and new thinking on how government delivers services. It will also require us to take a fresh look at our outdated tax code and make it simpler and more competitive with other states.

Candidate Press Release – I am proposing some immediate and direct solutions that will keep Maine people here in the state.  Many would prefer to stay with their families and friends in the communities in which they live and work, but it has become a financial difficulty for them when compared to other states.

Especially with the closing of BNAS, we face the possibility of losing more Maine people who have the skills that would benefit the state.  Many other states do not tax military retiree pay. We also have active duty Mainers who are changing their state of residency for tax reasons. This small investment is a win-win proposal to both retain both our active duty personnel and retiree military veterans in our state and to benefit from their knowledge and expertise.”

PTP Interview – It is important how we are taxed, but it is much more important how much we are taxed.  This bill does nothing to address the how much, it is just about the how.  I’ve called it before a shell game, and I think it is just a shell game.  Until you are prepared to have a serious discussion about how much we spend, and how much tax we collect, it is just a game.  And this bill is poorly worded, poorly thought out – I mean for example a Milky Way bar gets taxed, but a Kit Kat bar does not, because a Kit Kat bar has flour in it.  How does that pass the simple test for a merchant, a small business in say Houlton, or say Wiscassit or anywhere in York county – how is that merchant able to easily identify which candy bars she should tax, and which ones she should not.

Clearly it is nice we have reduced the income tax – that’s a great thing.  But look guys, if you are going to reduce it, lets reduce it – why do we stop at 6%, let’s go to 4%!  Let’s curtail some spending, and let’s make a real change in the way we tax people and how much we tax them.  What we did not is just silly, and borders on political grandstanding.

Augusta Insider – This bill introduces taxes on many items and services that have never been taxed – new taxes on Maine people. Increasing taxes on businesses and people in the worst economic climate since the Great Depression is irresponsible and damaging.

Maine needs to adopt policies that promote growth and job creation. To do it we must do three things: Reduce taxes on the people who create jobs and opportunity; establish a regulatory and legal environment that is reasonable and predictable; create an educational system that produces world-class workers.

ON EDUCATION

Candidate Website – Educators are the heart of Maine education. I propose to treat them the way we treat any honored profession – with respect, paying top dollar for excellence, and holding every professional to the highest standards of performance. I believe every other education reform pales in comparison.

I also propose to radically restructure how education is organized and delivered in Maine. Good work has been already done outlining how these reforms can be made. For example, take a look at the State Board of Education’s 2006 report entitled The Learning State – Maine Schooling for the 21st Century (link below). We’ve done the studying – it’s time to act on many of these recommendations. My administration will work to implement a genuine restructuring of Maine’s K-20 education system.

PTP Interview – In this latest school consolidation – we were trying to do it for saving money, but nobody really talked about educational attainment.  25% of the kids who start high school in the fall will drop out before graduation.  Only 25% will have a degree within ten years of starting high school… that’s not good enough, and we are doing our kids a dis-service if we think it is.

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Why wouldn’t we fund educational programs based on placement rate?  High Schools would get funded based on how many kids go on to further their education.  I’m not saying that everyone has to go get a four year degree, but everyone has to go get something more than High School.  And for our post-high school programs based on placement rates.

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There is only ten states in the country who don’t have charter schools, and Maine is one of them.  So what do those 40 other states know about charter schools that Maine doesn’t.  Well what they know is that the traditional school is not the best way to reach some kids.  We all know that.

ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Candidate Website – No matter what your motivation – volatile heating oil prices, global climate change, national security or commercial opportunity – the conclusion is the same: Maine has an opportunity to create jobs while solving this problem.

I believe that Maine should be a leader in developing materials and building methods to make structures more energy efficient. Not only would this reduce costs for Maine homes and businesses, but Maine companies could also sell products and services to the rest of the world.

With Maine’s access to the world’s best tidal power potential, off-shore and on-shore wind potential, and ample forest products, Maine can and should be a leader in developing more and new sources of energy. As Governor, I will support private and public initiatives to research, develop and sell multiple alternative energy sources.

ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN MAINE

PTP Interview – I would have vetoed the bill, and here’s why.  It has nothing to do with civil rights – I think that the overwhelming majority – I think in the 90% range – believe that all folks should be treated equally, and I am clearly in that camp.  I would not have signed this bill, but not from the civil rights perspective, I think that we have to find a way to treat everybody equally and it is not acceptable that we don’t.

But this bill I think opens up those folks that have a reasonable religious objection to some real problems.  In other states where they have passed bills with similar language – there was a church I believe in Iowa who had convictions against same-sex marriages, and wouldn’t rent their hall as they do to other people in the public for a celebration to a same-sex couple, and they lost their tax exempt status.  There was another instance in another state where a photographer did not want to film the same-sex marriage ceremony from a religious conviction point of view, and was sued in civil court and fined tens of thousands of dollars.  I don’t have any problem extending rights to everybody, but we ought not do that at the expense of someone else – especially someone with a reasonable religious conviction against it.

If we could find a way – there was competing bill in the legislature that was I think a much better bill – to protect the rights of everybody, then I could support it.  But the way it is now, we actually take rights away from people at their expense, to grant this equal marriage, and I think we can do better than that.

ON DIRIGO HEALTH

PTP Interview – Stop it!  Stop it now!  We spent $155 million dollars on this to insure less than 4,000 people!  Are you kidding me?  Really?  And that’s not something that we cut immediately?

We have fed into this health insurance cost problem by these purported solutions.  What we need to do is add a little common sense and add a little competition.

We have made minimum requirements in Maine so onerous that only one insurance company wants to have the discussion, basically – which is Anthem.  But here’s part of the folly – most people I meet on this campaign, I will ask them this question: – We have just met, and I will bet you that we have different car insurance companies, I will bet you we have different deductable, and different collision, and we have different policies. – and they nod, ‘yeah you’re probably right’ – well then why won’t the government trust me to do the same thing for my healthcare insurance?  Why do they mandate that everyone in the state of Maine have to carry pregnancy coverage – maybe some people don’t want that?  Certainly there are some things we should madate that you cover – certain catastrophic illnesses – but after that why don’t we let people pick off a menu?  People are smart, they’ll figure out what they need.

ON YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING MAINE

PTP Interview – For [young people], we’ve failed.  The generation in power now has failed.  They’ve failed you and they are on the road to failing my kids, and that is just not acceptable.  My priority is private sector jobs, and my history is successfully creating opportunity in the private sector – and I think it is time for that kind of expertise in Augusta.

I will tell you what I have said in speeches around the state both as a candidate and as head of Maine & Company – there are only three ways to create jobs.  You either recruit a new company here, you expand an existing business, or you incubate the third.  And in each one of those markets – and they are markets, don’t misunderstand this, we are competing for these companies – we need to have a product development strategy.  A strategy that entices companies to locate and expand and start new business in Maine.  And I would submit to you that we do not have a strategy in any one of these markets, and that is one of the reasons we fail.

PAUL LEPAGE

VITAL INFORMATION

• OCCUPATION – Mayor of Waterville, General Manager of Mardens
• AGE – 61
• RESIDENCE – Waterville, Maine
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE -  http://www.lepage2010.com
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – Here
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON LEPAGE - Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

Candidate Submission – The tale of woe is always the same, Augusta politicians panic whenever the economy downturns and tax revenues decrease.  However, the politicians lost sight that in the years of surplus revenue they spent the well completely dry.  Unfortunately, our budget woes reflect a lack of commitment and discipline to basic fiscal responsibility.

Fiscal responsibility starts and ends with the understanding that taxpayers have a right to keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible-not that government has the right to collect as much money as it thinks it needs.  If a state government program has no fiscal or social benefit, then it’s expendable, and should be eliminated from the state budget.

My first priority as Governor will be to ensure that state government spends every tax dollar wisely.  A LePage Administration will not tolerate wasteful spending.  The tax and spend practices in Augusta will come to an end, and I will fight to keep every dollar where it rightfully belongs, in your pocket.

The most important job for the Governor is to develop and propose to the Legislature a balanced biennial state budget.  The budget drives the policies and programs that are handed down from Augusta each year.  As Governor, my first budget will reflect the many reforms that are necessary to bring accountability to our state government.

Creating a state government that is accountable means that every state program and service will be scrutinized for its effectiveness, its results measured and reported to the taxpayers we serve.  Managers and employees alike will be accountable for their performance and rewarded for their positive results.  Resistance to change or reform, because “that’s how we have always done it” will not be the status quo in a LePage Administration.

My three top reform priorities include general assistance (welfare), government regulations, and education.

ON ENTITLEMENT REFORM

Candidate Submission – Our entire welfare system is designed to breed dependency – once you’ve become skilled at milking the system, breaking free is almost impossible.  If you want to know how destructive and corrupt welfare is, ask anybody who’s on it.  As a result, the state’s general assistance program as managed by the state and municipalities needs immediate reform.

My proposals include establishing a statewide residency requirement for general assistance and a lifetime benefit limit to five years.  I propose expanding the workfare program which provides municipalities the right to require general assistance recipients to work in exchange for benefits to mandate that all recipients perform valuable community service such as working in libraries, community centers, meals on wheels, etc… or for private sector employers.  Recipients with disabilities would be required to perform community services within the scope of their respective ability.

We need a welfare system that encourages recipients to seek better wages without the consequences of immediately losing all of their benefits.  Therefore, I propose establishing a five tier income system beginning at the state poverty level to the state earning wage level.  Once a recipient reaches the next tier of income, the tier of benefits drop by only 20%, until they reach the next tier where benefits would drop by another 20% and so on until they reach the state’s earning wage.

Finally, Maine’s urban communities which tend to have an excess of rental housing units are shouldering the majority of the property tax burden for general assistance recipients.  As more folks move from rural to urban communities there is a disproportionate burden on a minority of taxpayers for general assistance recipients.  We should enforce our current state law which requires all communities to pay for the general assistance of their respective residents who choose to move from one community to another for the first thirty days after moving.

ON REGULATORY REFORM

Candidate Submission – Too many elected and unelected officials in state government fail to recognize that no society in history prospered by limiting economic opportunity.   Excessive government regulation by unelected bureaucrats who have no understanding of the industries they attempt to regulate is dramatically damaging the economy of the State of Maine.  It is time to push back against this steadily growing interference into our personal lives, our finances, and our businesses.

As Governor, I will propose regulation reforms that will unshackle Maine’s economic growth potential.  Specifically, I propose to eliminate statewide fees on start-up businesses, eliminate bizarre and unreasonable studies resulting in needless delays (i.e. buffalo and black fly census studies in Maine), and eliminate regulations that are incompatible with other regulations, whereby when one regulation is followed another is violated.  In that same vein, I propose that all duplicate and replicated regulations from DEP and LURC be repealed.

There are too many regulations with unintended consequences, which cannot reasonably be met.  My proposals will include the repeal of regulations that are out of sync with best science and technology data and serve to add enormous and unnecessary costs to potential development projects.  Our goal should be to repeal two antiquated regulations for every new modern regulation passed by state government.

ON TAX REFORM

Candidate Submission – Reducing the overall tax burden for all Maine citizens is my vision for tax reform.   Let’s be clear, genuine tax reform is not shifting the tax burden from one individual or group to another.  What separates me from my opponents, including Republicans, Democrats and Independents, is that I am the only candidate for Governor that has consistently lowered the tax burden on the people I was elected to serve.

As Mayor, I set a goal to ensure property tax reduction each year from the year after I took office without cutting existing city services.  By seeking organizational efficiencies, applying sound business principals, and advocating for the best interests of the taxpayers, I succeeded in that goal.  Specifically, we:

• reduced Property Taxes each year,
• increased the City’s Rainy Day fund from $1 million to $10 million,
• and raised our Standard & Poor’s credit rating from an A-minus to an A-plus.

As Governor, I pledge to emulate Waterville’s success in lowering property taxes by lowering the tax burden for all Maine citizens.  To accomplish this goal, state government will practice the same discipline and fiscal responsibility with the taxpayer’s money that any responsible individual applies to their own personal finances.

Therefore, I will aggressively pursue tax reform measures that will grow our economy and allow individuals and businesses to keep more of their hard earned money.

I will support:

• Reducing the personal income tax rate to a flat 5% beginning at a gross family income of $30,000.
• Reducing the corporate income tax rate to a flat 5% beginning with a pre-tax profit of $30,000 to $500,000 and to drop the rate over $500,001 to a flat 4%.
• Reinstating the indexing of Maine income taxes and contribution deductions to current federal guidelines.
• Reducing the “sin” taxes by at least 25%.
• Requiring that the automobile excise tax be based on the vehicle net purchase price instead of manufacturer’s list price and a reduction of the excise tax of 20% per year there on.
• Eliminating all personal property taxes over four years, beginning in 2012.
• Replacing the current Homestead Exemption program with a broader based program that provides tax relief to all Maine resident property owners.
• And, limiting the use of Tax Increment Financing District’s to their original intent, which was to offset the high cost of capital for manufacturing and large commercial projects.

Finally, I will oppose any effort to:

• Repeal existing exemptions for goods, services and labor from the state sales tax, including Governor Baldacci’s and the Legislature’s most recent effort in LD 1495.  And, I will oppose any effort to implement a local option sales tax.

ON EDUCATION

Candidate Submission – The challenge for Maine with our educational system is our return on investment.  Maine is in the top third of all our states in education spending; yet we are in the bottom third in results.  As Governor, it will be my priority to reform Maine’s educational system so that students have the opportunity to create results that correspond with our significant investment in the system.

Many educational reforms will not cost taxpayers additional money.  There is plenty of money in the system; its how we choose to prioritize our spending that is impacting educational results.  Increased competition will breed excellence; therefore, I support statewide choice by implementing a voucher system as well as the creation of new charter schools.

The current trend in education is teaching to the test scores to boost test results.  We need to eliminate teaching to national assessments and allow teachers to create a learning environment that challenges all of our students to excel to their own diverse strengths rather than a standard of mediocrity.   For Special Education, we should eliminate the disparity between school districts in identifying and supporting students requiring special education services.

Finally, my goal as Governor will be to increase the school year, not shorten it and lower the average class size, not increase it.   For example, school districts must work together to pool their resources.  We fail to use our tax dollars wisely when some classes have as few as 4 students and others up to 25.  A goal of 16 to 20 students per class is achievable with the resources we have committed to our educational system.

ON EQUAL MARRIAGE

Candidate Submission – In the last election, I voted with the majority of Maine people to repeal the gay marriage law.  My position is clear; government should not be involved in redefining marriage.

ON DIRIGO HEALTH

Candidate Submission – The endless debate regarding the merits of the Dirigo Health Plan is distracting us from implementing true market based reforms for health insurance.  Politicians in Augusta continue to hem and haw on how they can fix Dirigo.   Unfortunately, their indecisiveness is hurting the people and businesses of Maine.  The Dirigo Health Plan has failed to accomplish its goal’s and should be repealed.

There are many solutions available to lower the cost of health insurance that are completely ignored in Augusta.  As Governor, I will embrace solutions that have worked in other states to lower the cost of health insurance.  For example, we must encourage competition in the marketplace to lower costs.  Enacting legislation to allow individuals and businesses to purchase insurance over state lines is a critical first step.  Supporting tort reform legislation at the state and federal level to reign in trial lawyers will help as well.  I also support tax credits to individuals and businesses to assist in purchasing health insurance.

Finally, Maine is a small state, and our economy cannot afford a health care system that is saddled with Cadillac mandates.  It is time for the politicians in Augusta to stop dictating health care policy through social engineering.  Let’s reform insurance mandates to federally established guidelines and allow Maine people to purchase coverage that makes sense for their individual and family needs.

ON YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING MAINE

The recent Census numbers reflect the reality that our young people are leaving Maine in droves.  By median age, Maine is the oldest state in the nation.  The economic, societal, and political consequence to this exodus of youth has many repercussions to our future as a viable state.

The economic impact of losing our best, brightest and most motivated youth is impacting our ability to support government services.  When you have young entrepreneurs with wealth creating ideas flee from our state, the burden for paying for the welfare state falls directly on the working man and woman, and there are fewer of us every year.

The societal impact of losing our youth is damaging as well.  Families become estranged and the loss of relationships impacts our lives.  Our communities lose the vibrancy they once had when our communities were more balanced among age groups.

The loss of our youth creates a political environment that is less confident of the future, more resistant to change, and more likely to expand entitlement programs.  To turn this tide, we must be prepared to embrace new ideas and question how we are currently managing our resources.

As Governor, I would support new initiatives to create opportunities which nurture the environment that young people desire.  The following are some of those ideas:

• Work closely with Universities & Colleges, local Economic Development groups and Councils of Government to establish incubators for new young start-ups, utilizing the skills learned by our young graduates.
• Work in developing the creative economy into incubator business campuses.
• Create a world class virtual medical school for a healthier Maine.
• Invest in our forest industry to revitalize a once vibrant industry in Maine.
• Develop and expand the Maine Expansion Fund.
• Utilize the 95 and Turnpike corridor to construct an energy transmission infrastructure to lower the cost of energy for Mainers and provide us the opportunity to transport cheap energy throughout New England.
• Improve our transportation infrastructure with an east/west highway to open up our rural communities for economic development.
• Invest in science and technology to attract sustainable jobs.
• Reform our State tax and regulations codes.
• Invest in the State’s public transportation infrastructure.
• Improve education standards to have our students ready for the workforce.
• Create revolving low interest loan opportunities for innovative and creative start-up businesses.
• Become the “Food Basket” to the Northeast by investing in our Agriculture infrastructure.

PETER MILLS

VITAL INFORMATION

• OCCUPATION – State Senator, Lawyer
• AGE – 66
• RESIDENCE – Cornville, Maine
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE -  http://www.millsformaine.com
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – Here
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON MILLS - Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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ON TAX REFORM

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ON EDUCATION

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ON EQUAL MARRIAGE

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ON DIRIGO HEALTH

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ON YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING MAINE

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LES OTTEN

VITAL INFORMATION

• OCCUPATION – CEO, Maine Energy Systems
• AGE – 60
• RESIDENCE – Maine
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://www.lesotten.com/
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON OTTEN - Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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BRUCE POLIQUIN

VITAL INFORMATION

• OCCUPATION – Managing Partner, Dirigo Holdings, LLC
• AGE – 56
• RESIDENCE – Waterville, Maine
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://www.bruceforme.com/
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – Here
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON POLIQUIN - Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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DEMOCRATS

PAT MCGOWAN

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• OCCUPATION – [Coming Soon]
• AGE – [Coming Soon]
• RESIDENCE – [Coming Soon]
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://mcgowanforgovernor.com/
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON MCGOWAN- Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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LIBBY MITCHELL

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• OCCUPATION – President, Maine Senate
• AGE – [Coming Soon]
• RESIDENCE – [Coming Soon]
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://www.libbymitchellforgovernor.com/
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON MITCHELL - Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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ON EQUAL MARRIAGE

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JOHN RICHARDSON

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• OCCUPATION – [Coming Soon]
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• RESIDENCE – [Coming Soon]
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://johnrichardsonformaine.com/
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON RICHARDSON- Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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STEVE ROWE

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• OCCUPATION – Former Attorney General of Maine
• AGE – [Coming Soon]
• RESIDENCE – [Coming Soon]
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://www.roweforgovernor.com/
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON ROWE - Here

ON MAINE’S BUDGET WOES

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ROSA SCARCELLI

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• OCCUPATION – Business Owner
• AGE – [Coming Soon]
• RESIDENCE – [Coming Soon]
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://www.rosaformaine.com/home
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – Here
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON SCARCELLI - Here

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INDEPENDENTS

ELIOT CUTLER

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• OCCUPATION – Lawyer
• AGE – [Coming Soon]
• RESIDENCE – [Coming Soon]
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – http://www.cutler2010.com
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON CUTLER - Here

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GREENS

PATRICK QUINLAN

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• OCCUPATION – [Coming Soon]
• AGE – [Coming Soon]
• RESIDENCE – [Coming Soon]
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – [Coming Soon]
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LYNNE WILLIAMS

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• OCCUPATION – [Coming Soon]
• AGE – [Coming Soon]
• RESIDENCE – [Coming Soon]
• CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – [Coming Soon]
• PINE TREE POLITICS INTERVIEW – Here
• PINE TREE POLITICS ARTICLES ON WILLIAMS - Here

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