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A sign in protest of Central Maine Power s controversial hydropower transmission corridor is displayed along Rte. 201 near The Forks, Maine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.
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The debate over Central Maine Power’s controversial transmission project has raged for more than three years, long enough to make the arguments for and against it seem repetitive and stale.
However, the battle remains eminently consequential and not just for the energy companies that stand to profit or lose money because of it.
Those companies, including CMP, have combined to spend more than $32 million attempting to shape Mainers’ views of the 145-mile corridor in advance of a November referendum. That includes $7 million in just the past three months, according to the latest campaign finance reports.
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Sheldon Adelson’s super PAC spending spree shaped GOP politics
Adelson, who died Monday, combined with his wife to donate more to Republicans than multiple other megadonors combined.
Casino magnate and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson is recognized by President Donald Trump during a Nov. 16, 2018 Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
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There are Republican megadonors, and then there was Sheldon Adelson.
The casino magnate, who died Monday at 87, and his wife Miriam together accounted for an enormous share of GOP political spending over the last decade, making him a Republican kingmaker. Even in a political world now over-stuffed with million-dollar donors, their pull was clear from the pilgrimages presidential candidates made to his Venetian resort in Las Vegas, meeting in his office just off the casino floor. Senior Republican operatives at GOP outside groups strategized around their nine-figure checks
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