I didn't have enough room in my story today to include one other point of contention from yesterday's GOP debate at the PPH.

During the sometimes heated discussion, Dean Scontras raised the question of whether his opponent, Charlie Summers, has inaccurately claimed the endorsement of former President George H.W. Bush.

Democratic congressional candidate Mark Lawrence said this afternoon that he's gotten the endorsement of a big name in York County politics.

Dennis "Duke" Dutremble of Biddeford, a former state Senate president, endorsed Lawrence during a news conference at the recently renovated North Dam Mill in Biddeford.

"From high gas prices to health care, Mark Lawrence best understands the pressures facing working and middle class families in Maine," Dutremble said in a written statement.

Lawrence, the York County district attorney and also a former state Senate president, is one of six Democrats and two Republicans in the race to succeed Democratic Rep. Tom Allen.

– Kevin Wack

Voters will go to the polls in a little more than a month, and the endorsements are really starting to fly in the 1st Congressional District race.

On Wednesday, Democrat Adam Cote announced that he's gotten the nod from the Maine Association of Police.

Democrat Chellie Pingree said that she's the choice of The League, also known as the League of Young Voters.

– Kevin Wack

Democrat Chellie Pingree's campaign for Congress announced a labor endorsement this afternoon.

The Maine State United Auto Workers' Community Action Program Council, based at Bath Iron Works, endorsed Pingree, one of eight candidates in the 1st District race.

Pingree is herself a member of the UAW – the National Writers' Union/UAW Local 1981.

"We endorsed her because she's a UAW member," said Beverly Harris, the council's president, "and she supports our views."

Harris said that most of the UAW's members in Maine work at Bath Iron Works, where the union has around 900 members.

– Kevin Wack