90 Seats in the Maine House
Three out of five special election races to fill seats in the Maine House of Representatives went to Maine Dems -- House Districts 72, 83 and 99, bringing the total for the MDP to 90, vs 59 for the MRP, with a couple of Maine Green Independents and unenrolled (aka "Independent") on the margins of party and partisans.
This kind of margin should quell the TABORites but I expect that some form of TABOR will be on the ballot.
The Passamaquoddy Racino bill passed in the Maine Legislature, and John Baldacci forced it onto the off-year low-turnout ballot, where it lost by 4%. This sucks, and heating fuel is going to go over $4/gal this winter.
This amusing bit of nonsense shows up in comments at MaineToday.com (the Portland Press Herald):
ebw ebw of portland, ME
Nov 6, 2007 11:27 PM
Its unfortunate that we keep electing the same "dead weight" to the Council. If we want change in Portland, its not going to happen by re-electing members like Jill Duson.
I don't know how many Portlanders are "ebw", once or twice, but I supported Jill when she was considering going for Tom Allen's seat, and when she decided on the at-large race.
