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Maine Democratic Party Statement on Anniversary of January 6 Attack on the US Capitol
Drew Gattine, Chair of the Maine Democratic Party, released the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of the failed insurrection on Capitol Hill:
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On Broadband Access, Mills Delivers Results Where LePage Fell Flat
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As Medicaid Expansion Enters Third Successful Year, Is Paul LePage Still Willing to “Go to Jail” to Block It?
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Maine Democratic Party Hires New Press Secretary
Augusta, ME -- This week, the Maine Democratic Party announced the hiring of communications strategist Misha Linnehan. He will serve as Press Secretary.
Misha, who previously worked on the Maine Dems communications team during the 2020 election cycle, is returning to the party after a stint as Senior Communications Associate at J Street. A Maine native, he has also worked previously on Democratic campaigns in New Hampshire and Arizona.
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If Republicans don’t like how Janet Mills is handling Maine’s economy, they should really hate Paul LePage’s record
Today, in a Bangor Daily News column, Drew Gattine, Chair of the Maine Democratic Party, rebutted recent claims made by Maine GOP Chair Demi Kouzounas. Kouzounas had criticized Maine’s economic recovery (33rd in the nation according to one metric), apparently ignoring LePage’s record on a similar measure. Under Governor LePage, Maine’s economic recovery ranked 49th following the great recession of 2008.
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LePage Touts “Laissez-Faire Pandemic Agenda”
A report in today’s Bangor Daily News examining Paul LePage’s plan–or lack thereof–to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic shed light on the former governor’s anti-science agenda.
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LePage “Resurfaces” On Conservative Talk Radio to Lie About Mills’ Record
Today, Maine Public called out Governor Paul LePage for lying about Governor Mills' record. In its weekly political pulse newsletter, Maine Public noted that LePage “inaccurately accused Mills of suing his administration over its handling of a nurse who had just returned to the U.S. after treating ebola patients in Africa.”
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For Eight Years, Paul LePage Rooted for the Climate Crisis. Now, It’s Here.
This week, once again, climate change and its frightening consequences are front-page news across the state of Maine.
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Maine Republicans will target Janet Mills’ abortion-rights expansion if they gain power in 2022
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Republicans will look to repeal recent Democratic abortion-rights expansions if they return to power in Augusta after the 2022 midterms, particularly if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision next year.
But they could face an uphill battle and a risky political fight in a state that has some of the strongest legal protections for abortion of any U.S. state and where public opinion is generally in favor of the procedure being legal in most or all cases.
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With Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Governor Mills Last Line of Defense for Reproductive Rights in Maine
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Observers described the Court as “seem[ing] poised” to uphold the Mississippi abortion restriction at issue in the case, with a number of conservative justices appearing open to overturn the precedent of Roe v. Wade outright.
