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Excerpt from The Portland Pheonix shown below and linked here. ” On June 10, Mainers in both the Democratic and Republican parties will get to vote on people to represent them in Washington DC. There is a very strong field of candidates, most especially in the Democratic primary for the 1st Congressional District. Here’s who we’d like to see win the first round. Democrat for US Senate: Tom LedueA real progressive, with passion and energy — if not legislative experience — Tom Ledue can take the fight to reclaim our country to Susan Collins and, ultimately, to Washington DC. Ledue embraces his weaknesses and seeks to turn them into strengths. He has smart ideas on education, health care, impeachment, and Iraq, and will not fade into the woodwork easily in DC. As a school administrator, he knows how to listen to people, how to find out what they want, and how to connect his actions with their needs. He knows he has a lot to learn, but he also knows he has a lot to offer — his experience dealing with the real repercussions of the No Child Left Behind Act is perhaps where he can make the most impact right away, but his ideas of ways to involve more Americans in the shared labor of attacking the problems facing our state, our nation, and our world have real potential for positive change. Ledue has taken his message to the people of Maine, and has a plan to reach out even more should he prevail in this primary campaign. That sort of populist awareness, combined with his energy and new ideas, make him a strong candidate. |
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