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In fiercely proud Maine, state's 6 US Senate candidates can't call it their birthplace
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Last Edited | RBH Oct 08, 2012 03:03pm |
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Media | Newspaper - Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul) |
News Date | Monday, October 8, 2012 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Maine has always been proud of the commodities it claims as homegrown, among them Stephen King, L.L. Bean, lobster, and a host of political icons including Edmund Muskie, George Mitchell and Olympia Snowe.
But no matter what happens in the election this fall to replace the retiring Snowe, Mainers won't get a native to represent the state. All six candidates — a Republican, a Democrat and four independents — are transplants from other states, or as folks in Maine say, "from away."
That's a bit of a shocker to the natives.
"Holy catfish. I get a chill down my back," said Maine humorist Tim Sample. |
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