WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe said Tuesday that she won’t run for re-election this fall, drawing the curtain on a storied Maine political career and delivering a blow to national Republican hopes to retake a U.S. Senate majority.
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Obama visit to include exclusive dinner at Portland art museum
It will cost up to $30,000 to attend when he visits in March, and a second fundraiser also is planned.
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LePage skips group meeting with Obama
WASHINGTON — Gov. Paul LePage skipped a National Governors Association meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House Monday morning so he could get back to state business, his spokeswoman said.
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LePage picks state needs over White House
WASHINGTON — Gov. Paul LePage skipped a National Governors Association meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House Monday morning so he could get back to state business, his spokeswoman said.
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LePage skips meeting with Obama
The governor, who’d been in Washington since Friday to attend the National Governors Association meeting, wanted to get back to state business, his spokeswoman says.
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LePage: GOP needs fresh face to challenge Obama
WASHINGTON — Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday that the current crop of Republican presidential candidates isn’t cutting it and that his party needs a fresh face to challenge President Barack Obama in the fall.
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GOP needs fresh face to challenge Obama, LePage says
WASHINGTON — Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday that the current crop of Republican presidential candidates isn’t cutting it and that his party needs a fresh face to challenge President Barack Obama in the fall.
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No need for Sebelius meeting, says LePage
WASHINGTON — Gov. Paul LePage said he sees no reason to meet with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to discuss his proposed cuts to MaineCare while he attends the National Governors Association meeting here.
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D.C. BEAT: Collins, Snowe rated least conservative in GOP
WASHINGTON — Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine are the two least conservative Republican senators, according to 2011 vote ratings released Friday by the nonpartisan National Journal.
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LePage doesn’t want any current candidates to get GOP nomination
Gov. LePage says the current Republican presidential candidates aren’t have “injured the party,” and he hopes the party chooses an unknown, “dark-horse” candidate at the national convention in August.