PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 14, 2021
The passage of Question 1 was a problem not only for CMP, but for both of the major-party gubernatorial candidates. Democratic incumbent Janet Mills and her Republican challenger, former Gov. Paul LePage, both supported the project, but the public didn’t really seem to care much about that. The disregard by the public of Mills’ and LePage’s support for NECEC opens a new corridor in the gubernatorial election for an unenrolled candidate who was vehemently opposed to project from the very beginning. The passage of Question 1 shows that some issues are still outside the realm of pure partisanship – and that represents an opportunity for some politician wily enough to seize it. ~ Jim Fossel