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  September 10, 2023
  

  Jim Fossel: 2024 campaigns must be specific, creative

  Old tactics focused on either persuading or dividing voters aren't going to cut it.

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  September 3, 2023
  

  Jim Fossel: Ignored special election typical of Maine Republican failure

  Writing off a district may make administrative sense at close range. Zoom out, though, and you see it’s the result of dangerous disorganization and disunity.

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  August 27, 2023
  

  Our View: Independent voters cannot be the only route away from Trump

  For the first time next year, Maine’s unenrolled voters can vote in the presidential primaries. Will they upset the repeat indictee's chances? It would be unwise to bank on it.

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  August 2, 2023
  

  Congressional delegation, Maine Republican leaders react cautiously to newest Trump indictment

  Only Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, offered a pointed response to the former president's latest legal troubles.

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  June 25, 2023
  

  Jim Fossel: A glimmer of hope for Maine Republicans?

  While Rep. Abden Simmons’ recent win was certainly a good sign for the party, a loss under such unusual circumstances would have been apocalyptically awful.

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  April 2, 2023
  

  Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans must make life difficult for Democrats

  When it comes to responding to the state budget process, many options are open to the minority party in Augusta.

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  February 27, 2023
  

  Commentary: Put parents back where they belong – the center of their children’s education

  Some are trying to shift the space occupied by Maine mothers and fathers, but a great deal of work is being done to reverse this trend.

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  January 15, 2023
  

  Jim Fossel: Could speaker drama happen in Maine?

  If Republicans got the House majority, their own ineptitude – combined with Democratic unity and ideological cohesion – could still cost them the gavel.

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  January 8, 2023
  

  Jim Fossel: Augusta Republicans need to stand up and oppose bad ideas

  While it’s easy to say that the take-no-prisoners approach I’m recommending would be foolish, something has to change.

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  December 27, 2022

  Maine Republicans face leadership decision in wake of election losses

  Multiple candidates are competing to be party chair for the next two years.

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