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Maine: Sharon Treat

Fri, 11/14/2008 - 13:07

Leadership elections video: Sharon Treat

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Thursday Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell) ran for House majority leader, losing to John Piotti (D-Unity). See below for video of her speech.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 12:09

Live blog: Piotti elected majority leader

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

AUGUSTA -- John Piotti (D-Unity) is the new House majority leader. He was up against Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell).

Tax reform and term limits were key issues in the debate. In 2007, Piotti led an effort to restructure Maine’s taxation system, which failed narrowly.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 01:59

Leadership candidate: Sharon Treat

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Maine House Democrats will elect their leaders at 10 a.m. this morning. We have put together brief bios of each of the candidates, taken from the legislative record.

House Republicans will elect their leaders this afternoon, and those bios will be posted later this morning.

 

Sharon Treat

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Tue, 11/11/2008 - 12:33

House to elect leaders Thursday

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Republicans and Democrats in the Maine House will elect their respective leaders Thursday.

On the Democratic side, Rep. Hannah Pingree (D-North Haven) will likely be unopposed for House speaker.

For House majority leader, Reps. Gary Connor (D-Kennebunk), John Piotti (D-Unity) and Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell) have all announced intentions to run.

It is a five-way race for majority whip between:

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Tue, 09/30/2008 - 08:09

Legislative race news

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The following tidbits have come up through various State House races around the state:

 

China candidate campaigns by bike

Christopher Doyon (D-China), a first-time legislative candidate, is doing as much campaigning as possible on bike or foot as an effort to “eliminate as much of our carbon footprint as possible.”

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Fri, 09/26/2008 - 15:14

With one term under belt, Connor seeks majority leader post

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

State Rep. Gary Connor (D-Kennebunk) is vying for the House majority leader slot next term.

Connor, who is finishing his first term, said he considers himself to be one of the more moderate members of the House.

Connor said that the struggles of being a first term lawmaker are fresh in his mind, so he said he will best be able to help those new to the House.

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 15:43

Three-way contest emerges for House majority whip

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

AUGUSTA -- State Reps. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth) and Don Pilon (D-Saco) all have their eyes on the assistant majority leader slot next session, providing they win their respective races and the Democrats maintain the majority in the state House.

Current Majority Whip Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor) is not running for re-election, instead focusing on his bid for attorney general.

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 15:10

Treat, Piotti to compete for state House majority leader

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

AUGUSTA -- State Reps. John Piotti (D-Unity) and Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell) will compete to be House majority leader next session, providing they win their re-election bids and the Democrats maintain control of the House.

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Mon, 01/14/2008 - 20:35

Rematch! Rines to challenge McCormick for Senate seat

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Former Gardiner mayor Brian Rines, a Democrat, will challenge Sen. Earle McCormick, R-West Gardiner. McCormick beat Rines 8,843 to 8,107.

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