{"id":29768,"date":"2010-10-24T08:18:26","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T08:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/maine-race-for-gov-stabilizes-with-lepage-in-a-small-lead\/"},"modified":"2010-10-24T08:18:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T08:18:26","slug":"maine-race-for-gov-stabilizes-with-lepage-in-a-small-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/maine-race-for-gov-stabilizes-with-lepage-in-a-small-lead.php","title":{"rendered":"MAINE: Race for Gov. "stabilizes" with LePage in a small lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>From Eric Dondero:<\/p>

The State of Maine is poised to elect its first Republican Governor since the early 1990s. And he's a libertarian\/conservative Tea Partyer. <\/p>

Polls in recent weeks suggested that the race might be tightening. Paul LePage, Mayor of Waterville, held a substantial lead, even as high as the 20s throughout the summer. Then a couple run-ins he had with local media, and some gruff statements on his part, brought the race back into competitive territory. <\/p>

But the very latest poll gives LePage a somewhat comfortable lead of 5 points. From Pan-Atlantic (via DownEast.com<\/a>):
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A new poll conducted by Pan Atlantic SMS shows a close race between Libby Mitchell and Paul LePage. LePage is ahead with 32.9% of the vote and Mitchell is slightly behind with 28%. Independent Eliot Cutler comes in at third place with 14%, Shawn Moody is at 4.6% and Kevin Scott garners just .4% of the vote, with 20.2% of those surveyed still undecided.<\/p><\/blockquote>

ME libertarian Republican, fmr. state legislator and RLC State Co-Chair Stravos Mendros sees this as good news. Pan-Atlantic he says \"is a liberal firm\" biased towards Libby. So his margin is probably much higher?<\/p>

Matthew Gagnon, a libertarian Republican, and editor of the influential blog PineTree Politics<\/a>, notes that this indicates the race has \"stabilized.\"<\/p>

But after a series of polls put the race at “dead even”, we have seen a stabilization of the race. After a somewhat flawed Critical Insights poll showed LePage losing to Mitchell for the first time, our own poll in partnership with MECPO showed LePage with a small lead. After that time, three successive polls have shown LePage regaining a decent chunk of his lost momentum – Critical Insights had him up six points, Rasmussen had him up three, and just today, Pan Atlantic showed LePage with roughly a five point edge.<\/p>

So in short, LePage has lost his once commanding lead, but seems to have scrapped his way back into a comfortable – if tenuous – advantage.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Sidenote: It appears increasingly likely that a number of libertarian Republicans will win election to the Maine State Legislature. <\/p>

Reporting from Maine... <\/em><\/p>

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