2022 Maine Primary Election Results

Maine’s gubernatorial primaries Tuesday are a mere formality, with one Democrat and one Republican searching for the workplace. However they may lock in what guarantees to be a doozy of a basic election, pitting two longtime foes towards one another.

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Democratic incumbent Janet Mills is searching for a second time period. She’s a former district lawyer, state lawmaker and Maine lawyer basic who continuously clashed with Republican Paul LePage when he was governor. Now he’s difficult her.

That the 2 are even competing towards one another is considerably of a shock.

LePage, who as soon as described himself as “Trump earlier than there was Trump,” moved to Florida after leaving workplace in 2019 following two raucous phrases that always drew nationwide consideration for his indecorous remarks.

However the draw of elected workplace was apparently too nice. By 2020, he was again in Maine pledging to problem his previous nemesis, whom he accuses of “reckless spending” and “heavy-handed” pandemic directives.

To date, LePage lags in fundraising behind Mills, however the race is predicted to be among the many best governor’s races within the nation this yr.

Related Press author David Sharp in Portland, Maine contributed to this report.