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Maine: Attorney General

Mon, 12/08/2008 - 12:20

Carey takes on AG nominating process

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

State Rep. Mike Carey (D-Lewiston) had this column in Sunday’s Lewiston Sun Journal making the case that the Attorney General should be elected by the public, not by the Legislature.

In his column, he said he plans to submit a constitutional amendment with Rep. Emily Cain (D-Orono) and Senate Majority Leader Phil Bartlett (D-Gorham).

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Wed, 12/03/2008 - 18:39

Video: Mills elected attorney general

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Janet Mills was elected as attorney general Wednesday. See a video of her speech below.

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Tue, 12/02/2008 - 18:46

Mills nominated as first female AG

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

State Rep. Janet Mills (D-Farmington) is all but certain to be the first female attorney general in the state.

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Tue, 12/02/2008 - 16:45

Mills nominated Attorney General

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The Democratic caucus has nominated state Rep. Janet Mills (D-Farmington) to be the next Attorney General. She beat state Reps. Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor) and John Brautigam (D-Falmouth).

The nomination will go before the full Legislature Wednesday.

Check PolitickerME.com in a bit for more details on the nomination process.

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Tue, 12/02/2008 - 16:32

AG election going into runoff

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

None of the three Attorney General candidates were able to achieve 50 percent of the vote from the Democratic caucus, so a runoff election is taking place.

Lawmakers are now choosing between Reps. Janet Mills (D-Farmington) and Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor), dropping Rep. John Brautigam (D-Falmouth) from the race.

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Tue, 12/02/2008 - 15:57

GOP waiting on Dem AG nomination

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

As the Democrats in the Legislature make their nominations for constitutional officers, the Republicans are on standby.

The state treasurer, auditor and secretary of state will likely be appointed without competition.

There are three Democratic candidates for Attorney General – state Reps. Janet Mills (D-Farmington), John Brautigam (D-Falmouth) and Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor).

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