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Maine: John Brautigam

Wed, 12/03/2008 - 12:40

Brautigam: U.S. Attorney job an option

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Outgoing state Rep. John Brautigam (D-Falmouth) said on Tuesday he is considering his option following a loss in his bid for Attorney General.

Brautigam lost the three-way race to Rep. Janet Mills (D-Farmington). Rep. Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor) also ran.

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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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Tue, 12/02/2008 - 12:45

Dem AG nominee to be tapped today

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Legislative Democrats will caucus this afternoon to pick their candidate for attorney general . They will choose between Reps. Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor), Janet Mills (D-Farmington) and John Brautigam (D-Falmouth).

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Wed, 09/17/2008 - 13:51

Step Up for Kids rally at the State House

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

AUGUSTA -- A crowd of about 100 gathered on the State House steps this morning to urge voters to make children’s issues a priority in this election cycle.

The event was part of the national “Step Up for Kids” day. Gov. John Baldacci has issued a proclamation recognizing the day.

Issues at hand are access to pre-kindergarten education, preventing abuse and neglect, and addressing poverty.

Photos and video of the event are below.

 

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Sat, 07/19/2008 - 00:16

The Legislature flocks North

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The biggest political event in Maine Friday night took place four hours from Augusta, in a community center with folding furniture crammed tightly together, potato sacks lining the walls, and high school beauty queens serving up salad and ice cream.

The Potato Festival’s Industry Dinner in Fort Fairfield was the place to be for the who’s who in Maine politics. To give some flavor of the event, at the end of the post is a video of county resident Jeramiah Donovan singing about potato picking season.

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Thu, 05/01/2008 - 10:41

Rowe slowly prepares for 2010

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Attorney General Steven Rowe’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign is slowly coming to life.

Rowe, D-Portland and a former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, has confirmed that www.rowe2010.com belongs to him, along with another URL. In addition, he’s drumming up support on Facebook – though his profile doesn’t say what he’s running for yet. He has 75 supporters.

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Mon, 01/28/2008 - 21:38

Committee seeks to ban payments to family members

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Former independent gubernatorial candidate Barbara Merrill found a loophole in the Maine Clean Elections Act in 2006, when she paid her husband $109,000 in public funds to be her consultant.

It wasn’t illegal. That’s a problem, many testified today.

Rep. Janet Mills, D-Farmington, presented a bill to the Legislature’s Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee today (Monday), barring Clean Elections candidates from paying family members for services.

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