Gov. Paul LePage of Maine is the most conservative governor in the country.
I’m hoping he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2018.
“Gov. Paul LePage of Maine is the most conservative governor in the country.
I’m hoping he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2018.”
There is a movement to encourage Susan Collins (Senator from Maine) to run for Governor in 2018 - I guess that would open up the Senate seat for Paul LePage.
She turns 65 this year, and also goes over 20 years in the Senate, locking in a sweet pension. She could probably do significantly better by stacking a State pension on top, than by incrementally increasing her Federal pension a bit more.
It is certainly a face-saving way to exit the Senate - perhaps the most prestigious position she could aspire to outside the Senate. They would need to decide soon - within a few months, even if it is not announced till Spring. Probably keep the bidding going for a while, to run up the commitments/sweeteners.
I have a link that explains the 2016 vote in the northeast. It talks about Maine and some of the good trends that are happening in that state. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/18/how_trump_won_the_northeast_132827.html