It’s hard to imagine a conservative winning anywhere in this state.
My daughter was in the Navy in Maine and after my visit, I would agree with your assessment. Have tried to tell people that there are states we are not going to get a conservative elected so we have to support the Republican that can win the seat. Other then NH, any Republican elected in New England is probably not going to be very conservative (NH is going the way of the rest of NE thanks to people from MA moving there) but we get their vote for leadership and in the case of Snowe/Collins, the military gets their support.