OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Forty town Republicans attended the Old Orchard Beach Republican Town Committee held 2014 biennial Town Caucus on Jan. 25 at Loranger Middle School.

Along with electing a slate of 19 delegates to the Maine Republican Convention in Bangor this April, the town committee hosted speakers from several state and local campaigns, including Susan Collins for U.S. Senate, Rick Bennett for U.S. Senate, Isaac Misiuk for Congress, Paul LePage for governor, Michael Coleman for Maine Senate and Sharri MacDonald for state representative.

The Town Committee also elected their executive leadership for the 2014-16 term. James Duclos was re-elected as the town committee chairman and Michael Coleman was elected as vice chairman. Also elected were Laura Bolduc as secretary, Dick Bayles as treasurer and Wesley Hurst as finance chairman. The caucus also elected William Gombar, Judy Hurst, Wesley Hurst, Linda Mailhot and Neal Weinstein as delegates to the York County Republican Committee. Gombar was also elected as chairman of the OOB Republican State Convention Delegation.

The caucus also adopted a new and more comprehensive set of bylaws for the Town Committee, as well as electing a slate of Republican ballot clerks for upcoming municipal elections in Old Orchard Beach.

For more information on the Old Orchard Beach Republican Town Committee, contact Duclos at 934-6021.