Maine Democrats Hold State House Seat In Special Election Today

[RBInMaine]

The Maine Democrats came through again today in a special State House election to fill the seat of Dem Cynthia Dill who won a special State Senate election earlier this year. It was a close race in Cape Elizabeth in southern Maine. The district leans Democratic, but Republicans have been successful in this area in the past as well. This race was close as the Republican candidate, Nancy Thompson, is very well known and very well liked and cast herself as a moderate. Thompson was specially recruited by the Maine pubs for this race. The Democratic winner, Kim Monaghan-Derrig, sits on the local schoolboard. There was less than a 200 vote spread.
Derrig won most likely because she campaigned consistently on the message that she would stand up to the reckless TeaBag agenda of Maine Governor Paul LePage. LePage is not popular in Maine. So good for Maine Dems this summer. We have held a Maine House seat in a very tough local race, and in record time we shattered the number of signatures needed to put a repeal question on the next ballot to kill a TeaBag/ALEC law that took away our 38-year-old same-day voter registration law. The TeaBaggers aren't doing so well in Maine this summer. Not at all.

[RKP5637]

1. They may call Mainers maniacs, but they aren't crazy!!! Yea Maine!!!

:) :applause: :yourock:

[charmay]

2. Congrats to Maine!!!

Now let's hold the two Wisconsin seats.

[madrchsod]

3. congrats!!...three victories today.