AUGUSTA — A chance to showcase the six Republicans running for the U.S. Senate was thwarted at the GOP convention Sunday when the schedule fell so far behind there was no time for them to speak.
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Party faithful roar approval during LePage speech
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage urged fellow Republicans at the party convention Sunday to reform welfare, saying structural changes must be made to a system that is “cannibalizing the rest of state government.”
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Snowe calls for Obama’s defeat
AUGUSTA — In her 18th and final address to a Maine Republican convention, Sen. Olympia Snowe said Sunday the party must stick together to defeat President Obama in November.
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Snowe urges party to defeat Obama
Sen. Olympia Snowe faces a divided state convention but says Republicans must stick together in the fall.
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LePage gets ovation for welfare jabs
Gov. Paul LePage says structural changes must be made to a system that is ‘cannibalizing the rest of state government.’
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Protection orders offer useful tools when tensions run high
AUGUSTA — When state Rep. Erin Herbig was granted a temporary protection-from-abuse order against a fellow lawmaker last week, she used a tool that experts say provides an important cooling down period when tensions between two people are running too high.
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Protection orders often defuse potential violence
AUGUSTA — When state Rep. Erin Herbig was granted a temporary protection-from-abuse order against a fellow lawmaker last week, she used a tool that experts say provides an important cooling down period when tensions between two people are running too high.
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Speakers hammer out familiar themes
AUGUSTA — Despite long delays and procedural wrangling, convention-goers heard loud and clear from candidates for Congress and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins that Republicans must fight this fall to advance their ideas.
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Scott Romney calls for party unity
He describes his brother as someone who fixes things – the Olympics, several companies and the state of Massachusetts.
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Ron Paul supporters take over GOP convention
Paul’s supporters stormed the GOP convention in Augusta today, and successfully elected their people as chairman and secretary.