Posted on 03/23/2002 3:17:11 AM PST by paul in cape
The Maine Senate, ratifying a shift in the chamber's partisan balance of power, voted 18-16 Friday to permanently seat Democrat Michael Brennan of Portland after a review panel concluded he won a five-way District 27 special election by 10 votes.
The Senate vote pitted Democrats against Republicans, with independent Jill Goldthwait of Bar Harbor avoiding a potential deadlock by siding with the Democrats to seat Brennan. Brennan, whose district includes Falmouth, Long Island and part of Portland, did not vote.
Republicans had maintained that some absentee ballots that arrived after the special election polls closed on March 5 should have been and still should be counted. Democrats said that would violate state law and go against standard practice.
Brennan's permanent seating affirms the Democratic acquisition of a Senate majority.
Prior to the death in January of Republican Joel Abromson, the chamber had been split between the two parties 17-17, with Goldthwait serving as the lone independent.
Does this guy know Parris Glenndenning down here in Maryland? This guy is governor and he's a crook - from way back too!
Maybe both of them are sleeping with Kathleen Kennedy. I sure wouldn't, but these Demo crooks don't have any taste in that sort of thing either.
Sidestepping the Constitution and fairness is a joke to the Democrats.
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