WASHINGTON — The 20 Ron Paul supporters hoping to represent Maine as delegates to the Republican National Convention lost their appeal on Friday, prompting Gov. Paul LePage to skip next week’s event and heightening tensions within the Maine GOP.
Kevin Miller
Kevin Miller joined the staff of the Portland Press Herald in 2012 and has worked as a journalist in Maine since 2005. He currently covers state politics, the Maine Legislature and environmental/natural resources issues. A policy wonk, Kevin previously wrote about Congress and federal issues as the Press Herald’s Washington, DC correspondent. Before settling in Maine, he covered state government, higher education and environmental issues for newspapers in Virginia and Maryland. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing or doing pretty much anything else outdoors. He lives in Newcastle with his wife, Carissa, and their dog.
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LePage says he’ll skip national GOP convention
After the Republican National Committee seats only half of Maine’s elected Ron Paul delegates, LePage opts to stay home.
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Half of Maine’s Ron Paul delegates removed
A Republican committee removes 10 elected Paul delegates and gives the seats to Romney supporters, but Paul’s delegates say they’ll challenge the ruling.
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Maine’s Ron Paul delegates stand their ground
Charlie Webster of the Maine Republican Party says a compromise was offered to take away half of Ron Paul’s 20 elected Maine delegates and give them to Romney. But the elected delegates say that’s not acceptable.
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A week before GOP convention, fate of Maine’s delegates still unknown
Maine’s elected delegates support Ron Paul, and Republicans may want to keep away anyone who doesn’t fully back Mitt Romney.
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Sen. Snowe says Akin should quit race
Calling his comments “repugnant and outlandish,” the Maine Republican says the GOP should deny Akin any funding should he decide not to step aside.
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I-295 exit near Freeport closed for road repairs
Exit 24 is expected to reopen by 6 a.m. Tuesday.
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Sen. Collins calls Akin rape comments ‘deeply offensive,’ ‘outrageous’
Meanwhile, other Maine politicians call on the Missouri U.S. Senate candidate to immediately resign from Congress.
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For Olympian, recognition is long overdue
Andrew Sockalexis of Maine’s Penobscot Nation is profiled in a ‘Best in the World’ exhibit in D.C.
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Washington Notebook: Wedding weekend for Collins
WASHINGTON – Two of Maine’s political power brokers have tied the knot. Sen. Susan Collins and Thomas Daffron married Saturday in a small private ceremony in Collins’ hometown of Caribou. The two met in the early 1970s while Collins was an intern in then-Rep. Bill Cohen’s office in Washington, D.C., where Daffron worked as Cohen’s […]