Sunday, May 26, 2013
There's more evidence in an item in the Capitol Hill publication Roll Call that Maine Democrats are waiting to see if Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, is roughed up in a GOP primary before committing to any 2012 challenge of the three-term senator.
Maine House Minority Leader Emily Cain told Roll Call that she probably won't run, acknowledging that it would be tough to take Snowe out, but did say she will keep an eye on the primary situation. Snowe is being challenged by two Tea Party movement affiliated candidates, Scott D'Amboise and Andrew Ian Dodge.
Cain is quoted in Roll Call saying: “I don’t think that will probably happen,” she said of a Senate run. “Mostly because I have a lot of work I’m focused on at the state level. There seems to be no doubt that Sen. Snowe will run for that seat. It’s also not a secret that she’d be tough for anybody to beat.”
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Kevin Miller is Washington bureau chief for the Portland Press Herald and MaineToday Media. He has worked as a journalist in Maine for 6 ½ years, covering the environment, politics and the State House. Before arriving in Maine, he wrote about politics, government and education for newspapers in Virginia and Maryland.
Kevin can be reached at 317-6256 or kmiller@mainetoday.com
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