Pine Tree Politics analyzed each GOP gubernatorial candidate’s chances of winning their party’s nomination. Matt Gagnon explored possible victory scenarios for the candidates as well as the likelihood of them occurring. In conjunction with Bruce Bourgoine of Dirigo Blue, we have done the same. You may read Bruce’s scenarios here and mine below.
Tag Archives: Eliot Cutler
Primary Fiction: Democrats
Maine Democrats have not held a significant primary of critical decision in sixteen long years. In 1994 Joe Brennan defeated 4 opponents with over half the votes in a primary contest of nearly 100,000 cast. That election was the high water mark of both recent primary participation by both voters and contestants. John Baldacci managed [...]
Eliot Cutler Education Survey
Shortly after our education survey with Dirigo Blue and his own interview with us, Eliot Cutler wants to ask Maine about their education opinions. Cutler has released a survey designed to collect Mainers’ opinions on education in our state and what direction it should take. How do educators think our schools can improve? The survey [...]
Eliot Cutler on Education
As we run our education series this week, please take a moment to view a recent interview I conducted with Eliot Cutler. You can view the first segment of our interview after the jump. You may view the entire interview on Cutler’s YouTube and ours to follow.
Gubernatorial Twitter Update #43
The state of the Maine gubernatorial race on Twitter as of Sunday, April 25, 2010 5:15pM EST.
Gubernatorial Twitter Update #42
The state of the Maine gubernatorial race on Twitter as of Saturday, April 17, 2010 9:00pM EST.
Take That Taxman!
Yesterday was the day that millions of Americans dread. Yesterday was April 15th. Yesterday was tax day. Some spent the day hiding under the covers. Others are took to the streets with slogans and signs. While not everyone attended a tea party event, many of the gubernatorial candidates have released tax related statements.
Somebody's Tracking Me
Over the past few days, the curious story of a Republican Governor’s Association tracker has unfolded. Eliot Cutler called out “Lauren the tracker” at an event on March 30th. A little over a week later on April 7th, Cutler announced that he wrote the head of the RGA saying that their, “employment of a paid [...]
A Pause to Discuss the Primaries
by derek viger on 09. Jun, 2010 in Commentary, Featured, Gubernatorial Race
We now know the gubernatorial lineup for this November; Libby Mitchell (D), Paul LePage (R), Eliot Cutler (I), Shawn Moody (I), and Kevin Scott (I). Though the general is in its infancy, it is a good time to explore some of the prevailing opinions that have come out of last night’s results.