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By September 1, 2022October 19th, 2022No Comments

Maine’s MAGA Republicans are working to erode trust in our election system and threaten our democracy. Republican candidates for Maine’s statehouse called into question our election system, spread dangerous conspiracy theories, and refused to condemn the insurrection and its deadly violence. If Republicans take control of Maine’s legislature, it could spell disaster for our democracy and voting rights.

WORST OF THE WORST

Eric Brakey:
Running for SD-20

  • Downplayed the insurrection and shared claims of a stolen election
  • Echoed Great Replacement Theory rhetoric, including that Democrats are trying a “mass importation of new voters,” that has inspired mass shooters and has called the Southern Poverty Law Center “a hate group”

Jeffery Hanley:
Running for SD-14

  • Repeatedly shared claims of a stolen election and followed a Facebook page that spread misinformation about the 2020 election
  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

MORE THREATS

John Andrews, HD-30

  • Signed onto legal efforts to block Michigan and other states from certifying their election results in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results
  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Susan Bernard, SD-1

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Mark Blier, HD-138

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Richard Bradstreet, HD-61

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Meldon Carmichael, HD-18

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Amanda Collamore, HD-68

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Jonathan Connor, HD-96

  • Warned “without voter integrity, there can be no democracy” and expressed support for putting up legal barriers to the ballot box

Danny Costain, HD-33

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Gary Drinkwater, HD-27

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

John Ducharme, HD-71

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Billy Bob Faulkingham, HD-12

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Steven Foster, HD-32

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Randall Greenwood, HD-56

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Abigail Griffin, HD-34

  • Months after the election was over, joined calls for a 50-state audit of the 2020 presidential election and possible decertification of the results
  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Randall Hall, HD-74

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Sherman Hutchins, HD-17

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Kathy Javner, HD-29

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

MaryAnne Kinney, SD-11

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Michael Lemelin, HD-53

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Laurel Libby, HD-90

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

John Linnehan, HD-13

  • Falsely described the 2020 election as “a coup, the overthrow of the US free election system, the end of our constitutional republic”
  • Used social media to cast doubt on the election and spread #stopthesteal conspiracy theories

Peter Lyford, SD-10

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Sheila Lyman, HD-76

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Richard Mason, HD-97

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Sawin Millett Jr., HD-81

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Joshua Morris, HD-91

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Daniel Newman, HD-58

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

James Orr HD-59

  • Implied it was suspicious he lost his last race after absentee ballots were counted
  • Shares fake news and election conspiracies on social media

Wayne Parry, HD-140

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Michael Perkins, SD-16

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Jennifer Poirier, HD-70

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Tracy Quint, HD-81

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Mark Rouillard, HD-149

  • Downplayed the January 6th attack on the Capitol, said there were no weapons found and promoted a debunked documentary that claimed the election was stolen
  • Repeatedly implied support for violence against political opponents, ominously noting “we hold to [sic] many guns for this crap to fly” 

Shelley Rudnicki, HD-67

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Heidi Sampson, HD-136

  • Months after the election was over, joined calls for a 50-state audit of the 2020 presidential election and possible decertification of the results.
  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

James Thorne, HD-35

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

Joseph Underwood, HD-5

  • Voted “No” on a resolution to condemn the January 6th insurrection and related violence

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