GOV. PAUL LePAGE, R-Maine
AGE: 65
BIRTHPLACE: Lewiston
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Enacting a $400 million income tax cut package
FAMOUS GAFFE: LePage said state Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, “claims to be for the people but he’s the first one to give it to the people without providing Vaseline.”
PERCENTAGE OF VOTE IN LAST ELECTION (2010): 37.6 percent in a five-way race
CAMPAIGN SPENDING PER VOTE (excluding support from third party groups): $5.50 for each of 218,065 votes
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE, R-New Jersey
AGE: 51
BIRTHPLACE: Trenton, N.J.
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Signing a public employee pension reform law to address the state’s $53.9 billion in unfunded liability
FAMOUS GAFFE: “Can you guys please take the bat out on her for once?” Christie commenting to reporters about Democratic state Sen. Loretta Weinberg of Bergen County. Weinberg had called Christie a hypocrite.
PERCENTAGE OF VOTE IN LAST ELECTION (2013): More than 60 percent in a seven-way race
CAMPAIGN SPENDING PER VOTE: $15.48 (40 percent in public matching funds) for each of 1,278,932 votes
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