Maine Governor Megathread: LePage Round 3

[GoldenMainer]

Surprisingly, very quiet on the ME-GOV front. I've seen a few commercials from Mills and none from Lepage. The Mills commercials focus on bipartisanship and feature her family of stepdaughters. I thought Lepage would be making wild statements and attacks by now but it has been rather calm.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Mills and Golden in May we're leading 51/46 anyways it won't make difference with an Indy on the ballot

[TML]

Surprisingly, very quiet on the ME-GOV front. I've seen a few commercials from Mills and none from Lepage. The Mills commercials focus on bipartisanship and feature her family of stepdaughters. I thought Lepage would be making wild statements and attacks by now but it has been rather calm.

So in your opinion, do you think that LePage being a retread candidate is something that is working against him in this political climate?

[Senator Incitatus]

Surprisingly, very quiet on the ME-GOV front. I've seen a few commercials from Mills and none from Lepage. The Mills commercials focus on bipartisanship and feature her family of stepdaughters. I thought Lepage would be making wild statements and attacks by now but it has been rather calm.

LePage has stunningly rebranded himself as a return to normalcy. Not sure it's going to work against Mills.

[wbrocks67]

Surprisingly, very quiet on the ME-GOV front. I've seen a few commercials from Mills and none from Lepage. The Mills commercials focus on bipartisanship and feature her family of stepdaughters. I thought Lepage would be making wild statements and attacks by now but it has been rather calm.

LePage has stunningly rebranded himself as a return to normalcy. Not sure it's going to work against Mills.

Isn't Mills just about as "normal" as you can get? lol

[wesmoorenerd]

LePage seems to me a candidate without the albatross-like downsides of Mastriano or Dixon but also without the upset potential of Ronchetti or Drazan. I'm expecting a fairly boring race along the lines of MN-GOV, with Mills moderately favored all the way.

[ProgressiveModerate]

LePage seems to me a candidate without the albatross-like downsides of Mastriano or Dixon but also without the upset potential of Ronchetti or Drazan. I'm expecting a fairly boring race along the lines of MN-GOV, with Mills moderately favored all the way.

Idk if it's just me but LePage seems to have 0 charisma to some of these other R candidates but he's also not particularly moderate. I think that makes it tricky for him to define himself

[President Johnson]

LePage seems to me a candidate without the albatross-like downsides of Mastriano or Dixon but also without the upset potential of Ronchetti or Drazan. I'm expecting a fairly boring race along the lines of MN-GOV, with Mills moderately favored all the way.

Idk if it's just me but LePage seems to have 0 charisma to some of these other R candidates but he's also not particularly moderate. I think that makes it tricky for him to define himself

Still noteworthy though that he already won two races for governor. Wasn't he considered an underdog for reelection in 2014 and still won fair and sqaure? I still think this Lean Democratic, but has some potential for an upset.

[Podgy the Bear]

LePage seems to me a candidate without the albatross-like downsides of Mastriano or Dixon but also without the upset potential of Ronchetti or Drazan. I'm expecting a fairly boring race along the lines of MN-GOV, with Mills moderately favored all the way.

Idk if it's just me but LePage seems to have 0 charisma to some of these other R candidates but he's also not particularly moderate. I think that makes it tricky for him to define himself

Still noteworthy though that he already won two races for governor. Wasn't he considered an underdog for reelection in 2014 and still won fair and sqaure? I still think this Lean Democratic, but has some potential for an upset.

Thanks to Eliot Cutler (who ran as an independent both in 2010 and 2014), LePage was able to pull through both times.  Mills won't have to worry about Cutler this year--he's facing jail time for child pornography charges.

[GoldenMainer]

Thanks to Eliot Cutler (who ran as an independent both in 2010 and 2014), LePage was able to pull through both times.  Mills won't have to worry about Cutler this year--he's facing jail time for child pornography charges.

Libby Mitchell, the Dem. nominee in 2010, was the one in the spoiler role. She got 19%, Cutler 36%, Lepage 38%. Now that we know about Cutler's child porn charges though, it's gross to think he came so close to getting elected.

I agree with the assessment above that this is lean D but with upset potential.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

LePage seems to me a candidate without the albatross-like downsides of Mastriano or Dixon but also without the upset potential of Ronchetti or Drazan. I'm expecting a fairly boring race along the lines of MN-GOV, with Mills moderately favored all the way.

Idk if it's just me but LePage seems to have 0 charisma to some of these other R candidates but he's also not particularly moderate. I think that makes it tricky for him to define himself

Still noteworthy though that he already won two races for governor. Wasn't he considered an underdog for reelection in 2014 and still won fair and sqaure? I still think this Lean Democratic, but has some potential for an upset.

Mills was up 51/46 Im 10 polls I'm May they stopped polling ME

[wbrocks67]

https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1560233680316022784

[NewYorkExpress]

Last night was the Gubernatorial debate, and Paul LePage might have blown his modest chances of winning here, by basically stating he'd support an abortion ban.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

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[doopy pants]

Does Lepage still have a chance?

If so, this would be the biggest upset of the night. Even moreso than something like Zeldin or Jensen.

[Duke of York]

Does Lepage still have a chance?

If so, this would be the biggest upset of the night. Even moreso than something like Zeldin or Jensen.

Zeldin would be a bigger upset.

[PPT Spiral]

Does Lepage still have a chance?

If so, this would be the biggest upset of the night. Even moreso than something like Zeldin or Jensen.

https://prospect.org/politics/clash-of-the-titans-in-maine-mills-lepage/

Mills might have nothing to worry about with an opponent who clearly has trouble making a credible case for a comeback. But Democrats have misjudged LePage before, and this being 2022, the word on Maine Street is that the race is much closer than the latest poll (showing a ten-percentage point spread) might suggest.