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Your immediate attention and action is needed! DEFEAT BALDACCI! - SUPPORT A REPUBLICAN IN ONLINE POLL http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/051003menext.shtmlmust visit website to vote 2006 Governor's Race Who would you support for governor? John Baldacci, Dem. Peter Cianchette, Rep. Peter Mills, Rep. None of the above It looks as though the Portland Press Herald will be offering this question regularly through the 2006 election. John Baldacci hasn’t won one yet, let’s keep it that way.

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ORONO — Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards used his first campaign visit to Maine on Wednesday to criticize President Bush's record while calling for changes both at home and abroad. Edwards, the running mate of presidential nominee John Kerry, told an audience at the University of Maine that the situation in Iraq has created domestic problems. He accused Bush of spending billions on health care and education in Iraq while neglecting the same issues at home. "So many things that are important in the lives of the American people are not taking place, but (the United States is spending) $200...

BANGOR, ME – Today, Maine Bush-Cheney ’04 Chairman Peter Cianchette released the following statements regarding Kerry-Edwards’s poor record on economic, health care and environmental issues which have a direct impact on the future of Maine residents. “As the Kerry-Edwards campaign travels through Maine today, it is clear to Mainers that the tax-and-spend policies of John Kerry and John Edwards will not grow the economy or stimulate job creation. “John Kerry and John Edwards have repeatedly chosen to side with their trial lawyer friends over the doctors and patients of America by opposing medical malpractice reforms that would work to lower...

Maine Bush-Cheney ’04 Chairman Peter Cianchette Previews John Kerry’s Expected Makeover During the Democratic National Convention(title edited for length) BANGOR, ME – Today, Bush-Cheney ’04 Chairman Peter Cianchette made the following comments in regard to Sen. John Kerry’s expected makeover during the Democratic National Convention in Boston next week: “John Kerry will not be able to gloss over his out-of-the-mainstream positions during a week-long convention in Boston. Although we expect him to try to transform his record into something that would relate to the American people, he cannot cover up the fact that he has a record of supporting deep...

Poll shows Collins, Baldacci with significant leads PORTLAND (AP) -- A statewide telephone poll released Monday indicates that Republican Susan Collins and Democrat John Baldacci hold significant leads in their respective races for U.S. senate and governor. The poll conducted by Strategic Marketing Services shows 55.2 percent of those surveyed support or are leaning toward incumbent Collins, compared with 36 percent for Democrat Chellie Pingree. Baldacci had 50 percent, compared to 29 percent for Republican Peter Cianchette, 6.2 percent for Green independent Jonathan Carter and 3.4 percent for independent John Michael. Democrat Tom Allen led the 1st District congressional race...

Polls assess key campaigns By DAVID SHARP, Associated Press Democrat Michael Michaud and Republican Kevin Raye are locked in a tight congressional race in Maine's 2nd District, but heavy television advertising has not erased wide leads for Susan Collins and John Baldacci in the Senate and gubernatorial races, according to polls released Wednesday. One poll by Strategic Marketing Services showed Michaud leading Raye by 5.4 percentage points, a statistical dead heat after the margin of error was taken into account. The other, by Critical Insights, had Michaud ahead by 9 points. Both polls indicated Democrat Chellie Pingree still has considerable...