Source: SFGate
“Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, an early supporter of President Donald Trump’s first successful White House bid and a polarizing figure in state politics, said Monday he is running for Congress in a competitive district. LePage, a Republican who was governor from 2011 to 2019 and lost a bid for another term in 2022, filed papers late Sunday to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Jared Golden. The district is politically mixed, as voters have sent Golden to Washington four times in a row while also supporting President Donald Trump in three consecutive presidential elections. LePage, 76, brought Maine into the national spotlight as governor with incendiary statements about out-of-state drug dealers impregnating ‘young white girls’ and a political rival he said would ‘give it to the people without providing Vaseline.'” (05/05/25)