Linking Pingree and Pingree in power next year

Congressional candidate Chellie Pingree: Campaign photoIn case you missed it, check out reporter Paul Carrier’s piece in the Portland Press Herald where he examines the relationship between Hannah and Chellie Pingree, and what might happen if Chellie is elected to Congress and Hannah is elected Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.

Carrier writes:

"Perhaps because of the unusual situation that the election of two Pingrees would create, political experts, and the Pingrees themselves, seem hard-pressed to assess the significance of having a mother-daughter duo in two capitols.

"It would, some say, guarantee a tight working relationship between Maine's congressional delegation and the state's political leaders back home, especially because the liberal Pingrees are close personally and share similar views."