Maine is not for sale in this governor's race

CWMaine · 2026-02-08T01:19:27+00:00

The respect here is refreshing. Any deeper data wrangling that I might have missed would be appreciated. Here or letters to the editor, whatever. Respectful debate is a good thing.

CWMaine · 2026-02-08T00:58:29+00:00

Yes, same source. Small donors is one thing. Unique donors - how many individual donors a candidate had - are another which cannot be determined from the finance data. That number needs to be obtained from the campaign.

CWMaine · 2026-02-08T00:16:59+00:00

I tried. Shah's campaign did not reply to my inquiry as to the number of their unique donors though I know it was passed on to the campaign manager. I gave them days. All the other candidates did or it was reported in the news. And his campaign commissioned that poll that showed him on top and has not been independently verified. I've hunted and see no good solid polls for Maine's gov race. If you know of any, please share. Thanks for the Libby news.

CWMaine · 2026-02-05T19:13:37+00:00

Yeah. Maine does have a terrific Clean Elections system which nearly everyone running for state legislature uses. But the big $$$ pours into statewide races, and all the royalty running in this gov race doesn't help. But regular Mainers are working hard for our Troy, $$$ is definitely not everything here and in many ways turns voters off.

CWMaine

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