Maine's 1st CD goes to ... a woman with experience
We're wicked pleased that Adam Cote managed to do little more than pick up the cross-over and Press Herald endorsement vote. Not just because of his fairly mindless position on the war, but also because good work counts more than mere faith in the professional history of a person working in electoral politics as a candidate for elected office. At least in Maine.
We're also wicked pleased that Ethan Strimling manged to pick up, from the primary voter pool of the entire 1st CD, not a heck of a lot of votes. Over half the state, or more than 50 times the voters, with a six figure budget, he managed to pick up less than two point five multiples of what MB picked up doing doors and spending under $5,000 in the 116, one of Portland's eight house districts, four years ago this evening.
Michael Brennan and Peter Asen ran a good, on message, positive and pro-peace campaign. Mark Lawrence and Marc Malon also ran a good race, and I wish they'd done better.
MB is particularly pleased, and I'm happy too, that Chellie Pingree will be our next representative in the US Congress. Her loss was the impetus was MB's starting Wampum. It is fitting that her win falls as we close Wampum.
