Maine first lady Ann LePage mulls Senate bid after push from Steve Bannon
Source: Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine Stephen Bannon, an architect of President Donald Trumps 2016 campaign, wants Ann LePage, the wife of Gov. Paul LePage, to run against U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018, according to a Sunday report in The New York Times.
The report cited anonymous sources who have spoken to Bannon, the controversial head of the conservative Breitbart News who was the Republican presidents campaign CEO and White House chief strategist before Trump fired him in August.
A Maine Republican operative confirmed to the Bangor Daily News on Sunday that Bannon wants Ann LePage to run. Its unclear how interested she is. The source said she previously didnt want to join the campaign in a million years, but Bannon is hard to say no to, so shes considering it.
It would be a surprising move for the first lady: While Paul LePages seven-year tenure has been polarizing, Ann LePage has a warmer persona and has stayed mostly out of the political fray, making her largest share of headlines when she took a waitressing job last year.
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obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)This is insane -- ANN LEPAGE?!
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(6,496 posts)Old Vet
(2,001 posts)Her husband is a lunatic.............
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(6,496 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)our very Red Gov Walker out. Hope Maine has had enough of the crap LaPage dishes out constantly