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But Rep. Christopher Barstow, the House chairman of the legislative committee that will consider the bill, said he doesn't think he can support it.

Joining Maine at the low end of the pay scale are Arkansas ($75,296), Nebraska and Tennessee ($85,000), and North Dakota ($85,506), according to The Book of the States 2005.

The highest-paid governors come from New York ($179,000), Michigan ($177,000) and California ($175,000).