Any MAGA candidates in your District? How'd they fare?

Submitted by joeydokes t3_yrug2q in Maine

Spent a bit of time perusing this URL:

https://www.centralmaine.com/2022/11/06/statewide-and-town-by-town-maine-results-for-election-2022/

and the 1st thing to stand out (specially in #container-state-house) was how in red districts dem voters were outvoted 3-to-1 in most races. The take-away being red Maine is really red.

Next, I tried searching for election results that included candidates endorsed by hard right conservative PACs. From the likes of "Concerned Maine Families"/Maine First PAC (Larry Lockman) to the more extreme "Maine Patriots", and came up with this list:

Meldon Carmichael, running for Lockman’s seat in Bradley

Molly Luce is running to represent District 95

State Rep. Chris Johansen running for re-election in Monticello

Mark Andre running in Waterville

Randall Greenwood running in Monmouth

Toni Bashinsky running in Topsham

Stephanie Hawke running in Boothbay

But searching on them on that link turned up 404. So maybe my info was from 2020 not 2022. I could keep googling but feeling lazy. Any crazies get elected in your neck of the woods?

TIA!

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SyntheticCorners28 t1_ivvwl7e wrote

Whatever happened to the two batshit crazy ladies who were magats? The blond who had her neighbors trees all cut down and the brunette who led all the rallys during COVID?

Sorry to describe them as such. Not trying to be sexist I just can't think of any defining features except they are crazy and their hair color.

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SyntheticCorners28 t1_ivvwy7x wrote

Laurel Libby and Heidi Sampson are the two.

Edit: apparently they both won? FML

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NoSound5607 t1_ivw438m wrote

Libby was running unopposed. Or at least there wasn’t anyone else on the ballot. I was definitely disappointed.

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SyntheticCorners28 t1_ivw7mu1 wrote

That seems like a bad idea. Thank you for at least enlightening me as to the why!

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joeydokes OP t1_ivysns9 wrote

> Laurel Libby and Heidi Sampson are the two. > Edit: apparently they both won? FML

Looking at the URL in my OP and seeing just how red many of our Districts are (like 2-to-1) I suppose I shouldn't be surprised if MAGA got a toehold. But Auburn ? and yea - unopposed

Thanks for the input!

Thanks for the info!

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NoSound5607 t1_ivyt3i3 wrote

It’s a real shame, because this would have been a great year to knock her out. Libby’s only got the one term under her belt and had plenty of crazy to use against her. Real missed opportunity.

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IamSauerKraut t1_ivw2cny wrote

Heidi went for the butch cut...

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joeydokes OP t1_ivyt3ui wrote

Alfred, Lyman, Waterboro

At least the margin was only 10% and not a blowout. Will check out Joseph Wagner (D) and their positions to see if its just voting party line more than MAGA 'mandate'

Peace Out!

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joeydokes OP t1_ivwjgy4 wrote

I guess names would be a good place to start :)

Your posting this might test if their reputation precedes them! Maines' own "Batshit Crazy" Ladies, indeed.

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Vexans t1_ivxqp2p wrote

Yeah, Hawke lost to Holly Stover in Boothbay/Edgecomb a couple of years back. Stover won reelection this week by over 18 points against her GOP opponent.

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joeydokes OP t1_ivyqd50 wrote

thanks for the feedback! Chaulk that as a win for common sense :)

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lobstah t1_ivzthu5 wrote

Not my district, but I was hoping Tim Throckmorton would give Carmichael ( Lockman's old seat ) a beatdown, but it was not to be.

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figment1979 t1_ivvyxtw wrote

Peter Lawrence, running for town council in Fairfield, was MAGA I believe. There were two seats available among three candidates, and he was one of the two winners.

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joeydokes OP t1_ivwj36q wrote

> Peter Lawrence, running for town council in Fairfield, was MAGA I believe. There were two seats available among three candidates, and he was one of the two winners.

Thanks for the feedback! But I read nothing about him online to suggest that. Do you have a link?

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figment1979 t1_ivxib68 wrote

Nothing official, just based on the things he's shared in the local community gossip group on Facebook.

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joeydokes OP t1_ivyr4wr wrote

Thanks for the follow-up! I lived in Waterville may21 thru aug21 and wife worked at Johnny's Seeds. We liked the area, safe enough, friendly, a bit rusty and boring... That said, that area, incl Winslow/Fairfield, seemed to be a magnet for MAGA-like grievance.

Lawrence doesn't appear to be too extreme; here's hoping :)

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