Democrats in Ft Kent are gathering to hear from all 4 candidates for Congress, and all 683 candidates for governor. Hoping this room fills up so it gets warmerpic.twitter.com/8uLjBkQ9ES
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Next candidate, Mark Dion, butters up the crowd by speaking in French. Not many counties in the US where this tactic works
Former House speaker Mark Eves tells the story of Maine Medicaid expansion—passed and vetoed five times, turned into a ballot measure to circumvent malevolent governorpic.twitter.com/0KtB00QOed
I will vote for the first person here who knows what three minutes means
Attorney General Janet Mills asks—“is there anyone in this room who is not running for office?”pic.twitter.com/KRjMapxqJC
“I know how to get stuff done, and I know where the bodies are buried, because I’ve gone head to head with this governor.” Bought narcan with her own money after the governor refused and has been distributing it to police. “I have some in my car; it’s probably frozen”
Congressional candidate Fulford is up. Top issues are climate change (tied to jobs), single payer, not taking dark money. (He’s not getting dork money, either)pic.twitter.com/DNyPqIDatx
Jared Golden up at bat. Even more important than what issues we fight on is who we fight for. And we need to win as a check on Trump. Amen, brother.pic.twitter.com/6QxHzXZnJ7
Craig Olson explains how he got involved in politics. “You move to an island and you are pretty much fresh meat for committees.” Poor guy commutes an hour by sea to campaign anywhere, let alone herepic.twitter.com/aVHDKLknJU
Last up is Lucas St Clair. Very dangerous combination of rich and unelectable (as a single issue environmental candidate from outside the district)pic.twitter.com/zXPHX3AEw0
“In 2011, I started running my family’s foundation” is certainly a unique way to pitch the voters of Aroostook County
Now we have unstructured Q/A, without time limits. The gates of madness open!
Crafty audience outsmarts speaker by keeping hands down! We are set free to accost candidates individually
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