Governor's Races Should Stay in Clean Elections ; If Opponents Want to Make More Than Minor Improvements, They Should Go to the Voters.

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We would never accuse politicians of playing politics with election law, but excuse us if we are a little skeptical about the latest attempt to revise the Maine Clean Elections Act. A bill before the Legislature would repeal the law that provides public financing for candidates - but not for everyone, just for people running for governor.

Well, if you were looking for votes from the 85 percent of lawmakers from both parties who benefited from the program in their recent campaigns, you probably wouldn't get too far proposing a bill to take away their financing.

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Governor's Races Should Stay in Clean Elections ; If Opponents Want to Make More Than Minor Improvements, They Should Go to the Voters.

And since Gov. LePage paid for his campaign by traditional contributions, he might be willi...

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