I was really surprised when I read a column titled “Rollins vs. Pouliot shaping up as a 2018 race gets under way” online and “2018 race up and running” in print, written by Don Roberts and published in this paper on Nov. 18.

First, it was mentioned that I may run against Rep. Matt Pouliot in a primary for the Senate District 15 seat, being vacated by our Sen. Roger Katz because of term limits. That is not going to happen. I have followed the work Matt has done in the Legislature during his three terms in office and have found him to be a very effective and thoughtful leader, and I am enthusiastically supporting him to become my next senator.

Second, I found it troubling that this newspaper would run a column about a race that doesn’t even exist. As of Nov. 20, only Pouliot, a Republican from Augusta, and John Glowa, a Democrat from China, are registered to run for Senate District 15.

Third, the column not once, but twice, mentions the town of Chelsea as being in the district. Chelsea is not part of Senate District 15. The towns of Augusta, China, Oakland, Sidney, and Vassalboro are the only towns in the district.

I would hope that the author, who did not contact me about this, and the newspaper would do a little more fact-checking before publishing columns that have such misinformation. It is important that readers get the true story.

Kelly Couture lives in Sidney.

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