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Paul Richard LePage ( / ləˈpeɪdʒ /; born October 9, 1948) is American businessman and politician who served as the 74th governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the mayor of Waterville, Maine, from 2004 to 2011 and as a city councilor for Waterville from 1998 to 2002.
Jun 15, 2022 · Maine’s infamous former governor called himself “Trump before there was Trump.”. But seeking a comeback, he’s now running as a kinder, gentler “LePage 2.0”. Former Gov. Paul LePage ...
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Sep 23, 2021 · He’s the former governor of Maine who has called himself, accurately enough, “Donald Trump before Donald Trump” — a hot-headed, vulgar and sometimes erratic figure who regularly made international...
Sep 18, 2022 · Politics. Has Trumpism Run Out of Steam? Paul LePage, who pioneered the tactics that propelled Trump into office, is running again for governor of Maine. Only this time, he’s quietly backing...
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Paul LePage was born in Lewiston, Maine.LePage earned a B.S. in finance from Husson University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maine. He worked as a business executive, consultant, and advisor before entering politics. LePage served two terms on the Waterville, Maine City Council. He later served as mayor of Waterville from 2004 to 2011 and th...
Maine Governor
LePage was sworn in as Maine's 74th governor on January 5, 2011. He first won election on November 2, 2010, and he was re-elected on November 6, 2014.
Call for resignation following voicemail threat left for state Rep. Drew Gattine
House Speaker Mark Eves (D) called for LePage's removal or resignation from office in August 2016 after the governor threatened Democratic state Rep. Drew Gattine in a voicemail that included several obscenities. "I would like to talk to you about your comments about my being a racist, you [expletive]. ... I’ve spent my life helping black people and you little [expletive], socialist [expletive]. ... I want you to record this and make it public because I am after you," LePage said in the voice...
Pocket veto decision
See also: Governor Paul LePage veto record On August 6, 2015, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court decided against LePage in a conflict with the state legislature over a rule of veto procedure.Agreed upon by all six participating justices (the seventh recused himself), the court reaffirmed the legitimacy of bills LePage had opposed and failed to veto. LePage's approach to defeating the bills involved waiting out the 10-day time limit for returning a veto. It was predicated on his understanding th...
Good Will-Hinckley Charter School funding lawsuits
See also: Governor Paul LePage threatened with impeachment (2015) Maine charter school Good Will-Hinckley rescinded a job offer to Maine House of Representatives Speaker Mark Eves(D) just days before he was slated to become the school's president. Eves alleged that the school's decision was based on a threat by LePage to withhold $500,000 in state funding from the school for at-risk youth. The loss of state funding would have resulted in an additional loss of $2 million in private funds, acco...
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Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update. As of June 2013, LePage and his wife, Ann, had five children together: Lindsay, Lisa, Lauren, Paul, and Devon.
Presidential voting pattern
1. See also: Presidential voting trends in Maine Maine voted for the Democratic candidatein all six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020.
Paul Richard LePage ( / ləˈpeɪdʒ /; born October 9, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 74th governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the mayor of Waterville, Maine, from 2004 to 2011 and as a city councilor for Waterville from 1998 to 2002.
Oct 1, 2022 · FILE - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is welcomed to the stage by Maine Gov. Paul LePage at campaign stop in Portland, Maine, in this March 3, 2016 file photo. LePage, who moved to Florida after his second term, has returned to Maine to challenge Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
