May 27, 2012

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Ex-Governor Not Running For Maine Senate Seat

AP | DAVID SHARP | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Maine Senate Race 2012, Mike Michaud, Video, 2012 Election, Chellie Pingree, Olympia Snowe, Elections 2012, Elections-2012, Maine Senate Race, Democrats, Maine, John Baldacci, Politics News

PORTLAND, Maine — Former Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday became the third prominent Democrat to bow out of the high-profile race for a U.S. Sena...

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Progressive Favorite Chellie Pingree Likely To Run For Senate In Maine

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.01.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is all but certain to make a bid for the Senate in the wake of Sen. Olympia Snowe's (R) retirement announ...

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Maine Gov. Baldacci Holds Homeless Fundraiser After Catholic Church Cuts Funding Over Gay Marriage

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless, Catholic Church, Preble Street's Homeless Voices for Justice, Homelessness, Preble Street, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, John Baldacci, Impact News

After voicing support for the state-wide gay marriage referendum last fall, the Preble Street Homeless Voices for Justice program was cut off from a m...

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Don't Just Be on the Right Side of History, Be a Part of Making History

Lane Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chellie Pingree, LGBT Rights, No on 1 Maine, No on 1, Civil Rights, Marriage Equality, Maine, John Baldacci, Politics News

Sometimes our daily lives make it difficult to know when you are in the midst of history being made. Make no mistake about it, though. Right now, we...

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Gay Marriage Loss in Maine Is a Straight Loser

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Maine Gay Marriage, Racism, Libertarian, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Church and State, Maine, John Baldacci, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Gay marriage is a civil rights issue; it will take a Supreme Court decision or an amendment to the US Constitution to make this right. That's almost inconceivably hard work, but ending slavery was no picnic either.

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Obama Campaign Arm Silent On Maine's Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment

AMERICAblog Gay | Joe Sudbay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parenting, Maine Senate, Gay Adoption, Maine, Marriage Equality, John Baldacci, Marriage, Organize for America, Question 1, Same Sex Marriage, Community Organizing, Ofa, Ofa Message, Families, Maine House, Gay Marriage, Family, Politics News

Funny thing (or not), OFA forgot to tell Mainers what issues are on the ballot and how to vote on those issues. For example, there's no mention of Que...

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Marriage Equality Is on the Ballot in Maine This Fall (Video)

Jesse Connolly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Catholic Church, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, National Organization for Marriage, Main, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Tv Ads, John Baldacci, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Our opponents are tenacious -- and well-funded. The anti-marriage campaign in Maine is being led by the same groups that ran the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign in California last year.

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White House Speechless on Marriage Progress

Lane Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Robert Gibbs, Marriage Equality, John Baldacci, Jim-Douglas, John Lynch, Politics News

We are in the midst of a revolution. The White House and other Democrats should shed their feigned distaste for equal rights for gays. Now is the time.

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2006 Maine Gubernatorial General Election:
Woodcock (R) vs Baldacci (D-i)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2006, Active, Chandler E. Woodcock, General, Governor, John Baldacci, Pollster, Politics News

ME-Gov: Woodcock vs Baldacci

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