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Paul LePage
March 18, 2022
Daniel Strauss
You’d Forgotten All About Paul LePage. Don’t. He Could Be Maine Governor Again.
The Republican known for his coarse and sometimes racist remarks will be the GOP nominee. And in Maine, that means he has a shot.
November 13, 2017
Sarah Jones
Inside Maine’s Fight to Expand Medicaid
The state's voters have demanded better health care. Will their governor get in the way again?
January 17, 2017
Eric Armstrong
Paul LePage thinks John Lewis should shut his mouth (unless he’s using it to thank white people).
October 11, 2016
Sarah Jones
Donald Trump is the dictator Paul LePage has been waiting for.
September 26, 2016
Sarah Jones
Paul LePage released his Binder Full of Drug Dealers. (Spoiler alert: They are mostly white.)
September 14, 2016
Brian Beutler
Hillary’s “Deplorables” Barb Wasn’t a Gaffe—But the Trump Campaign’s Response Was
August 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Paul LePage has finally figured out he may not be equipped to be governor of Maine.
August 26, 2016
Sarah Jones
Paul LePage doth protest too much.
April 21, 2016
Jeet Heer
Maine Governor Paul LePage would prefer that heroin addicts die sooner rather than later.
February 29, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump Confronts Conservatives With an Existential Crisis
Will the right fall in line behind him—or make #NeverTrump a rallying cry?
February 9, 2016
Steven Cohen
Paul LePage wants to clarify that, yes, by “D-Money” and “Smoothie” he meant black people.
January 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Maine Governor Paul LePage is a fan of cruel execution methods.
January 8, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Maine Governor Paul LePage claims his comments about drug dealers named “D-Money” impregnating white girls were not racial.
January 15, 2015
Claire Groden
Republican Governors to Food-Stamp Recipients: Get a Job Already!
November 4, 2014
Rebecca Leber
For Once, Bad Weather Might Hurt a Republican's Reelection
October 29, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Think the Midterms Don't Matter? Tell That to 70,000 Poor, Uninsured People in Maine.
December 15, 2010
Ed Kilgore
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