Ex-Snowe Aide Challenges Allen for House Seat ; Republican Charles Summers Says Jobs at the Naval Bases in Kittery and Brunswick Haven't Been Protected. Series: Election 2004

Portland Press Herald › February 26, 2004

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An aide to U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, has resigned to run for the Republican nomination for the 1st District congressional seat now held by U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine.

"It's going to be a great campaign about the issues," said Charles Summers, 44, of Scarborough, a former two-term state senator.

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Ex-Snowe Aide Challenges Allen for House Seat ; Republican Charles Summers Says Jobs at the Naval Bases in Kittery and Brunswick Haven't Been Protected. Series: Election 2004

Summers questioned Allen's commitment to Maine's economy, saying Allen's decision to give up his seat a year ago on the Armed Services Committee showed he didn't apprec...

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