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Maine: Karen Raye

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 17:07

Snowe rules out serving in McCain’s cabinet

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2553|title=Snowe and McKernan|desc=Olympia Snowe and John McKernan at the Maine Republican Convention in May. Politicker file photo.|link=none|align=left|width=400|height=300]MINNEAPOLIS -- U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe said she would not take a job in presidential nominee John McCain’s administration if given the opportunity.

“No,” she said when asked by PolitickerME Wednesday. “I like what I’m doing in the Senate.”

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Tue, 09/02/2008 - 23:10

Staples: After 2008, time to focus on the Legislature

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

MINNEAPOLIS -- Maine’s Republican National Committeewoman slot will change hands this week at the Republican National Convention.

Jan Staples was elected to the committeewoman post at the state convention last April. She previously served in the post from 1998 to 2004. Current committeewoman Karen Raye is stepping down.

Raye said the past four years have been a fun experience, and she’s met people from all over the country, but now she needs to focus on the family business – Raye’s Mustard in Eastport.

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Tue, 09/02/2008 - 01:18

Maine GOP hopes to recoup 2006 losses

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

MINNEAPOLIS -- 2006 wasn’t a good year for Republicans. This year the Maine Republicans hope to redeem themselves.

Maine’s Republican National Committeeman Rick Bennett said the party is undergoing a transition, but hopes the John McCain-Sarah Palin presidential ticket will represent a reformist agenda. With them on the top of the ticket, combined with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Bangor), who is running for reelection, he hopes to see an effect on the down-ballot races.

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Fri, 08/29/2008 - 13:30

Rayes: Palin will draw female vote, connect with Mainers

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Kevin and Karen Raye, a Perry couple who are both prominent in Maine Republican politics, both said they were impressed with John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

Karen Raye, Maine’s Republican National Committeewoman, said Palin will help McCain with the female vote. She said Palin is a “maverick and a reformer”

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Thu, 01/31/2008 - 12:26

Supporters of failed candidates eye new choices

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

With presidential candidates John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani dropping out so close to the Maine caucuses, supporters are looking to other candidates.

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Thu, 01/03/2008 - 20:39

Raye family to lead Giuliani campaign

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

State Senator Kevin Raye will lead Rudy Giuliani’s campaign in Maine. Mitt Romney’s campaign also announced its steering committee this week.

The Giuliani camp announced their Maine leadership team today. Raye’s wife, Karen Raye, is the State Chair of Women for Rudy. She is also Maine’s Republican National Committeewoman.

Other members of the leadership team are:

-Former state Senate Republican Leader Jane Amero is a co-chair

-Former state Senator Linda Curtis Brawn is a co-chair

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Fri, 11/30/2007 - 13:51

With all the hype on NH, will presidential candidates forget about Maine? Party leaders say it’s too soon to tell.

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Six people gathered in an empty classroom at the University of Southern Maine Thursday night over brownies and ginger ale.

After meeting briefly to talk about the script, they separated into corners of the room and started making phone calls. Today they were inviting people to a women’s summit for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, and were also compiling a list of women willing to go publically on the record as supporting Clinton.

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