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Maine Republican Party

The new platform calls for the elimination of the United States Department of Education and the Federal Reserve System, the rejection of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a freeze and prohibition on stimulus spending, and the prosecution of perpetrators of the "global warming myth".


Andre Cushing III

Cushing is a Republican State Senator from Maine's 33rd Senate District, representing Carmel, Charleston,Corinna, Corinth, Dexter, Dixmont, Etna, Exeter, Garland, Glenburn, Hampden, Kenduskeag, Levant, Newburgh, Newport, Plymouth, and Stetson Maine and his residence in Hampden.

Dean Clukey

Clukey served as a Republican State Senator from Maine's 34th District, representing much of central and southern Aroostook County, including the population centers of Houlton, Fort Fairfield and Presque Isle.

Ethan Strimling

Strimling is now a writer of the "Agree to Disagree" blog on the Bangor Daily News website and is also a political analyst for WCSH TV, both in tandem with former Republican State Senator Phil Harriman.

Jerrold Speers

In 1978, Speers sought the Maine Republican Party's nomination for the gubernatorial election to replace Independent James B. Longley.

Robert H. Crosthwaite

A Republican, Crosthwaite represented District 38, which included Ellsworth, Otis and Trenton, all in Hancock County while in the Maine House of Representatives.

Samuel Blake

In 1854, Blake ran for U.S. Congress and lost to Israel Washburn of the newly formed Republican Party over the issue of the extension of slavery into the U.S. territories.

Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, February 2012

Maine Senate President Kevin Raye stated that the final tally would be updated to include the results from the Washington County caucus held on February 18, but that the State Committee would vote on March 10 to determine if the other towns who voluntarily held their caucuses after the February 11 deadline would be included.


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Thomas Martin, Jr.

During his re-election campaign, the Maine Republican Party criticized Lachowicz for comments she made while playing World of Warcraft.