Another busy week - with good financial news for Senator Collins and endorsement boost sfor Mike Brennan. The week was not so goof for some, with Will Walcott and Chris Barstow tangling with the law. View this week's winners and losers for a full report.
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Susan CollinsStrong poll numbers and a two million dollar cash advantage put Collins in a strong position to hold the US Senate seat here in Maine |
Will WalcottEx-Representative Walcott (D-Lewiston) heading off to p[prison for six months for theft of public election funds. |
Glen CummingsThe term limited pol from Portland has decided to put politics on the back burner and will be headed to back to school in pursuit of a PhD. |
Chris BarstowRepresentative Chris Barstow (D-Gorham) is under investigation for misuse of credits cards, mail services and general mismanagement in his 32K a year job as recreation director for the Town of Buxton. |
Mike BrennanThe long shot for the First CD race picked up to good newspaper endorsement this past week; the Brunswick Times Record and the Phoenix. |
Laurie DobsonLaurie Dobson, the alleged Independent candidate for the US Senate failed to make the ballot, coming up several hundred signatures short of the 4000 signatures needed. |
Barack ObamaThe presumptive presidential nominee scooped up the remaining Maine super delegates this week on his way to the nomination. |
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