Federally appointed officials say being replaced by a new administration comes with the territory
Four of the top federal jobs in Maine are appointed by the President, and they typically change when there is a new administration in charge. Author: Don Carrigan Updated: 2:49 PM EST January 28, 2021
MAINE, USA Noel March remembers the day he got the phone call from Congressman Mike Michaud’s office. It was 2009, and March was police chief at the University of Maine. The Democratic Congressman wanted him to apply to become U.S. Marshal for Maine.
“I was very flattered, but I had to inform them that as a lifelong registered Republican, I probably wouldn’t be considered beyond that phone call,” March recalled.
Augusta Elks Lodge hosts its annual New Year’s brunch
While the pandemic shut down large formal celebrations for the new year, officials at the Augusta Elks Lodge felt its members needed somewhere to go.
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Party hats sit on a table Friday as people share a meal at the Augusta Elks Lodge. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
AUGUSTA The coronavirus pandemic muted formal New Year’s Day celebrations around the country, but Elks Lodge officials still held their annual New Year’s potluck brunch Friday.
Exalted Ruler Lina Michaud waits for people to arrive Friday for a New Year’s Day brunch at the Augusta Elks Lodge.
The Maine Idea: Democracy starts with primary elections
By Douglas RooksThe Maine Idea
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The results of the Nov. 3 election, for many, still seem contradictory: Donald Trump was soundly defeated by Joe Biden, but of 23 U.S. Senate seats held by Republicans, just two were won by Democrats. Pending runoff elections in Georgia, the GOP could still control the Senate.
Yet such analyses don’t even scrape the surface, let alone explain what happened. Rather than voting for “divided government,” as said a thousand times, voters chose between two candidates in each race – and those choices are completely understandable.
The Sara Gideon-Susan Collins contest was typical of national results, but also tracked the 2014 Maine governor’s race. In that campaign, Democrat Mike Michaud gave up his 2nd District Congressional seat to oppose incumbent Paul LePage – a Republican of a type never seen before in Maine.
Douglas Rooks
The results of the Nov. 3 election, for many, still seem contradictory: Donald Trump was soundly defeated by Joe Biden, but of 23 U.S. Senate seats held by Republicans, just two were won by Democrats. Pending runoff elections in Georgia, the GOP could still control the Senate.
Yet such analyses don’t even scrape the surface, let alone explain what happened. Rather than voting for “divided government,” as said a thousand times, voters chose between two candidates in each race – and those choices are completely understandable.
The Sara Gideon-Susan Collins contest was typical of national results, but also tracked the 2014 Maine governor’s race. In that campaign, Democrat Mike Michaud gave up his 2nd District Congressional seat to oppose incumbent Paul LePage – a Republican of a type never seen before in Maine.