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The Clone Wars Episode 2: “Going Without Can Be A Pretty Good Motivator”
In the Maine Democratic Party's second installment of The Clone Wars, we highlight Governor LePage's relentless attacks on Maine's poor and the shocking rise of childhood poverty and hunger under his watch. Maine's Republican gubernatorial candidates are poised to continue his policies, with one going so far as to say "going without can be a pretty good motivator".
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Maine Democratic Party Responds to Court Decision on Medicaid Expansion
Westbrook, Maine - In response to Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy’s decision that Governor LePage and his administration must implement Medicaid expansion, Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett issued the following statement:
“This decision is both a victory for the more than 70,000 Mainers who stand to benefit from Medicaid expansion and a sharp rebuke of Governor LePage and his senseless obstruction of the law. The people of Maine have spoken, the court has spoken, and now Governor LePage and Republicans must listen.”
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Race To The Right Continues As Maine GOP Gov Candidates Unleash Attacks Ads
Westbrook, MAINE – Today, Maine’s Republican candidates for governor unleashed a torrent of attack ads on one another in a bid to prove their conservative bonda fides as they race to the extreme right to claim Paul LePage’s coveted mantle.
In radio ads posted publicly today, Republicans Mary Mayhew and Shawn Moody attacked one another as insufficiently conservative while Garrett Mason dropped a TV ad slamming them both for failing to be right-wing enough.
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The Clone Wars: LePage's Mini Mes Pursue Four More Years of Stunted Economic Growth
Welcome to the first installment of "The Clone Wars: LePage's Mini Mes Fight for His Third Term", a new, week-long series by the Maine Democratic Party that highlights the failures of Paul LePage's Administration and the Republican gubernatorial candidates' relentless push to continue them. Up first: LePage's failed economy.
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Maine Democratic Party Responds to Grohman’s Qualification for Ballot
Westbrook, MAINE – Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett issued the following statement in response to unenrolled State Representative Martin Grohman’s announcement that he has gathered the adequate number of signatures to appear on the general election ballot in November:
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Speaker Gideon in Portland Press Herald: House Democrats will stay at the table, fight for hardworking Mainers
Westbrook, MAINE - In case you missed it, Speaker of the House Sara Gideon penned an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald today calling out Governor LePage and House Republicans led by Representative Ken Fredette for using Mainers as pawns in a sad and misguided attempt to roll back the will of the voters. As Speaker Gideon wrote, in the face of these Republicans efforts, Democrats remain at the table and are ready to continue working on behalf of Maine people.
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CBO Projects Increases in Healthcare Premiums, Number of Uninsured Resulting From Sabotage of ACA Supported by Poliquin
Westbrook, MAINE -- The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced yesterday that health insurance premiums will rise a projected 15 percent and that three million more Americans will lose health coverage after Republican Congressman Bruce Poliquin, Speaker Paul Ryan, and the GOP passed a corporate tax cut bill that sabotaged the foundation of the Affordable Care Act.
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Opinion Columnists Skewer Moody
Westbrook, MAINE – In case you missed, two Maine opinion columnists held back no punches in their evaluation of Republican gubernatorial candidate Shawn Moody. In his weekly column in The Daily Bulldog, Al Diamon pointed out what many have come to notice: that Moody’s highly-paid D.C. consultant is pulling all the strings on the marionette puppet that is candidate Moody:
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Roll Call Shifts Rating for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District Highlighting Tightening Race
Westbrook, MAINE - In case you missed it, Roll Call, a Washington-based publication that reports on Congress, announced yesterday that it has shifted it’s rating of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race from “Likely Republican” to “Leans Republican”, demonstrating that the race is becoming more competitive.
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Bangor Daily News Editorial Board Calls Slate of Republican Gov Candidates “Disappointing” As Maine GOP Tacks To The Right For LePage Mantle
Westbrook, MAINE – In an editorial today, the Bangor Daily News pointed out the sad truth about Maine’s Republican primary for governor:there is no home for a moderate in this race to the extreme right.
