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Maine: Tom Sawyer

Mon, 09/22/2008 - 17:59

State legislative race news

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Some recent news in state legislative races:

 

Tipping analyses Senate races

Mike Tipping, who operates the blog MainePolitics.net, began writing a weekly column for Downeast Magazine’s Web site a month ago.

For the past three weeks, he has profiled state Senate races.

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Mon, 08/18/2008 - 14:22

2004 and 2008: Two different questions of special session pay

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Legislative Democrats were quick to point out that history appeared to be repeating itself after the Republicans proposed a special session without pay for legislators last week.

In 2004, the Democrats had approved retroactive legislation to waive pay for lawmakers in a special session that dovetailed the regular session. Republicans sued, won, and back pay was awarded.

The circumstances, however, were vastly different.

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Mon, 01/28/2008 - 04:21

Rematch in the Making: Sawyer v. Perry

By Wally Edge

Tom Sawyer, a Republican from Bangor, has emailed supporters letting them know that he will be seeking the Senate Seat in district 32 (Bangor and Hermon). Sawyer held that seat until 2004, where he lost a close election against the current occupant – Senator Joe Perry (D-Bangor). Senator Perry is chair of the Legislature’s taxation committee, and is expected to seek a third term.

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