LePage throws another legal jab at Mills as poll shows her leading race to replace him
Source: Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced Monday that he would appeal a ruling in a long-running legal battle with Attorney General Janet Mills to Maines high court about two weeks before the Nov. 6 election in which she is the Democratic nominee to succeed him.
Its the latest salvo between the Republican governor and the attorney general. The core issue is somewhat spun off from a case in which Maine Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ruled against the governor in October 2017 in a case over Mills refusal to pay his offices costs for weighing in on federal legal issues.
It comes after a survey released this weekend showed Mills pulling ahead of Republican Shawn Moody in a tight, four-way race to succeed LePage as of early this month in an unsettled race that has seen $7.7 million in outside spending but scant polling since the summer.
LePage issued a statement lambasting Mills on Monday evening, accusing the Democrat of rogue and unscrupulous behavior and cronyism. Mills office didnt immediately respond to the governors announcement, which came just as state business was closing Monday.
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Fucking clown.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)It just boggles my mind that someone that offensive and block headed could be elected to such a high office. Mind boggling!
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)That will increasingly be their strategy.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)But generally 3rd party candidates are stooges for republicans.
Grins
(7,228 posts)The past two elections LaPuke never got more than 48.2% of the total vote; votes he would not have got without third-party candidates.
And now in 2018 it's four-way race to succeed LePage??? Four? What the hell happened, Maine? Didn't you learn from your mistakes?