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Maine: Laurie Dobson

February 4, 2009 - 10:07 pm
NEWS FEED: MainePolitics.net

A Costly Loss

By Mike

This guy ran the numbers for the 2008 US Senate elections across the country and calculated the amount spent by each candidate per vote earned.

The results show that Tom Allen spent $21 for every vote he received in November, making his run the most costly unsuccessful major-party challenge to an incumbent anywhere in the country, per vote. Allen's votes were cheaper only compared to the candidates in tight races in Alaska and New Hampshire and incumbent Max Baucus' campaign in Montana.

Susan Collins spent more money, but also won a lot more votes, resulting in an expenditure of $17 per vote.

Those numbers pale in comparison to the third party per-vote expenditures.

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Mon, 10/27/2008 - 21:22

Declared write-in candidates on the Maine ballot

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

There are a handful of declared write-in candidates for next Tuesday’s election, according to the Secretary of State’s office.

President:

  • Chuck Baldwin of Pensacola, Fla. and Darrell L. Castle of Germantown, Tenn. are running as members of the Constitution Party.

U.S. Senate:

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Wed, 09/17/2008 - 12:45

Judge: There is ‘no constitutional right to procrastination’

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

A federal judge has denied a request by independent U.S. Senate hopeful Laurie Dobson to halt the printing of November’s ballots, the Portland Press Herald is reporting.

Dobson claimed she was unfairly kept off the ballot because municipal clerks didn’t get her signatures approved by the Secretary of State’s deadline.

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Sat, 09/13/2008 - 16:35

State: Court injunction would double ballot printing costs

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

A state attorney argued that if an independent U.S. Senate hopeful is successful in her court battle to halt the printing of November’s ballot, it could double the $350,000 price tag in printing them, the Bangor Daily News reported today.

Laurie Dobson was in U.S. District Court Friday. The Secretary of State had denied her a spot on the ballot because she did not submit the required 4,000 signatures.

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Fri, 09/12/2008 - 10:18

This week's PolitickerME.com Winners & Losers

By Wally Edge

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Barack Obama gets an endorsement from a former governor, while Tom Allen gets more bad news on the polling front. Check out this week's list of Winners & Losers. | CLICK HERE

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Wed, 09/10/2008 - 11:05

Dobson in U.S. District Court Friday

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Laurie Dobson, an independent U.S. Senate hopeful, is continuing to work the courts system to try and get her name on the ballot.

Her case will be heard at 2 p.m. Friday at the U.S. District Court in Bangor, where the court will decide whether to grant a temporary restraining order to keep the Secretary of State from finalizing the ballot design.

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Fri, 08/15/2008 - 20:12

Friendly conversation turned interview piece in Bollard

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Chellie Pingree, Democratic candidate for the First Congressional District, recently had a discussion with activist Laurie Dobson on North Haven island, Pingree’s home and Dobson’s summer home.

Willy Ritch, Pingree’s spokesman, said that Dobson had just asked to talk with Pingree.

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Sat, 05/03/2008 - 16:37

Police remove Dobson from GOP convention

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Laurie Dobson, an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, was removed from the Maine GOP Convention by the Augusta Police Department earlier today.

Julie O’Brien, executive director of the party, said Dobson came into the convention to protest the war during Sen. Susan Collins’ speech. She wanted onto the floor – where non-delegates are not allowed to be.

After causing more commotion, sources said, she was asked to leave. When she wouldn’t leave, she was escorted out by police.

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Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:21

Bangor protesters acquitted

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Six anti-war protesters arrested at Susan Collins’ Bangor office last year were acquitted of criminal trespassing charges in Penobscot County Superior court Wednesday, the Bangor Daily News is reporting.

On Tuesday, U.S. Senate candidates Tom Ledue, a Democrat, and Laurie Dobson, an independent, spoke at a rally in support of those arrested.

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Wed, 04/30/2008 - 20:57

Maine campaigns enter the digital age

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Reaching out to the young, tech-savvy crowd, Tom Allen’s campaign sent out a message via Facebook today advertising the campaign’s new video podcast.

Allen, who represents Maine’s First Congressional District in Congress, is challenging incumbent Susan Collins for her Senate seat.

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