This week, both candidates running for the 1st Congressional District stopped by the Kennebec Journal to meet with the editorial board and ask for an endorsement.
Republican Charlie Summers, who is running for the 1st Congressional District seat, said Wednesday American taxpayers shouldn't be forgotten in the plan to bailout major financial institutions.
Here's part of his statement:
After a busy primary season in the 1st Congressional District, it's been a quiet summer.
That will change after Labor Day Weekend.
One of what will likely be many joint forums for Democrat Chellie Pingree and Republican Charlie Summers was announced Thursday by a group of 20 Maine nonprofits.
John Frary, the Farmington selectman running for the 2nd Congressional District, is proposing that an oil refinery be built at the former Loring Air Force Base.
And, he says, he's ready for a fight with environmentalists who will oppose the plan.
Quoting himself in a press release, he wrote:
As the race for the 1st Congressional District heats up, Democrat Michael Brennan is trying to get as many people to vote in the June 10 primary as possible.
And that includes members of the Maine Green Independent Party.
Charlie Summers, one of two Republicans running for the 1st Congressional District, is expected to be back in Maine soon to participate in a host of campaign debates, according to his campaign.
First Congressional District candidate Michael Brennan, a Portland Democrat, wants Congress to stop funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is urging Congress to vote down a request for $178 billion in supplemental war funding.
With the June 10 primary just five weeks away, it
The Maine Council of Senior Citizens-Alliance for Retired Americans will host a forum May 6 for all candidates running for the 1st Congressional District seat.
