American voters are to be congratulated. This past election, they proved that they can support nominees who may not be cute, cool, slick or just pretty. They did not seem to base their choices on the race, gender or the engaging smile of a nominee.

No, this time, except with rare exceptions, they put into office men and women with proven experience and solid character.

Across Maine and the country, they chose seasoned leaders, men and women who had overcome tremendous difficulties in their lives. They found them among businesspersons, and up-and-coming politicians. It did not matter how they may have looked. What mattered was what they had done.

The Republicans have gained control of both houses of Congress. Hopefully, our Democratic president will find a way to work with them during his final two years in office.

Maine’s Republican governor, polished and politically more savvy than he was when he started his first term, will continue to put our state’s fiscal house in order.

Maine’s new Republican congressman will bring his keen financial experience to Washington, D.C.

Who said the American voters could no longer elect real leaders? The majority of them seem to have done just that in 2014.

Richard J. LaPorte

Skowhegan

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