Press Releases

Press Release / Wednesday Sep 5, 2018

Despite LePage’s Outrageous Move on Medicaid Expansion, Moody Sticks With Him

Westbrook, MAINE – Republican candidate for governor Shawn Moody continues to show just how far he’s willing to go in order to stick with Governor Paul LePage and his hardline, ideologically-driven position of Medicaid expansion. After LePage yesterday asked the federal government to deny the request his Administration submitted to expand Medicaid to more than 70,000 Mainers, Moody said he was okay with it.

Press Release / Wednesday Sep 5, 2018

Paul Ryan’s Super PAC Illegally Obtained Security Clearance Application of Democratic Congressional Candidate

Ryan’s PAC, Congressional Leadership Fund, is running ads in Maine’s Second Congressional District

Press Release / Tuesday Aug 28, 2018

Planned Parenthood Endorses Mills While Moody Aligns Himself with Anti-Abortion Extremists

Westbrook, MAINE - Today, Attorney General Janet Mills earned the endorsement of Planned Parenthood in her candidacy for Governor. Planned Parenthood called Attorney General Janet Mills a champion for women’s rights and cited her long-standing record of working to protect and expand access to reproductive health care.

Press Release / Tuesday Aug 28, 2018

Gov. LePage Asks Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Fire LGBTQ+ Workers

LePage filed the friend-of-the-court brief in the wake of refusing to sign a bill that would ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy

Westbrook, MAINE – Governor LePage has joined a group of 16 states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that companies should be allowed to fire workers based on their sexual orientation and gender identity without violating federal workplace discrimination law.

Press Release / Thursday Aug 16, 2018

Poliquin and Paul Ryan Attack Jared Golden After Wave of Bad News for Bruce

After a poll showing his race with Jared Golden is neck-and-neck, Poliquin released an ad attacking Golden. Now, Paul Paul Ryan is coming to Poliquin’s rescue with more attacks on Golden after Poliquin blanketed ME-02 with taxpayer funded mass mailings

Westbrook, MAINE - In case you missed it, Congressman Poliquin and the race for the ME-02 Congressional seat have been the subject of several stories in both Maine and national media outlets over the last two weeks, and none of the news has been good for Congressman Poliquin.

Press Release / Wednesday Aug 15, 2018

Statement on the Passing of Chris Cousins

Westbrook, MAINE - Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett issued the following statement on the passing of Bangor Daily News journalist Chris Cousins:

“We are so deeply saddened by the passing of Chris Cousins. Chris was a true professional who was adored and respected by his colleagues and everyone at the State House. He was a wonderful person who will be sorely missed. 

“Our thoughts are with his colleagues at the The Bangor Daily News, his friends, and his family who he so lovingly wrote of every day.”

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Press Release / Thursday Aug 9, 2018

Shawn Moody Fails to Stand Up to Protecting LGBTQ+ Youth From Conversion Therapy

Moody remains silent when asked about his position on the issue, just as he did after Governor LePage vetoed a bill that would have banned the discredited practice

Press Release / Friday Aug 3, 2018

Maine Democratic Party Statement on Superior Court Clean Elections Decision

Westbrook, MAINE - Today, the Maine Superior Court ruled that $1 million in funding for the Maine Clean Elections system must be paid to candidates utilizing the program, though the governor has not ruled out appealing the Court’s decision. The Superior Court ruling does not, however, resolve the problem created by a drafting error that has prevented other Clean Elections funds from being dispersed since July 1.

Press Release / Thursday Jul 26, 2018

Moody to Continue Policies that Led to Weak Economic Growth

Westbrook, MAINE - According to a report by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, Maine is lagging in economic growth yet again for the first quarter of this year when compared to neighboring New England states and the nation as a whole.

Press Release / Thursday Jul 26, 2018

New York Times: “Moody sides with LePage” on Medicaid Expansion

Westbrook, MAINE - In case you missed it, Governor Paul LePage is garnering more bad national headlines for Maine. Yesterday, the New York Times wrote about the governor’s obstruction of the voter-approved Medicaid expansion law and how it’s harming Maine people. The story also made abundantly clear where Maine’s gubernatorial candidates stood on the critical issue:

“Janet Mills, the state’s attorney general, is also the Democratic candidate for governor. She refused to represent the administration in the court case, leaving it to a private lawyer from Boston.