"They also deserve a candidate who will show up. Someone who will be available. Someone who will listen. And they definitely deserve better than Paul LePage.

That’s why I’m running.”

“As I said when I announced, the voters deserve a representative who will fight for a people’s agenda – affordable health care, affordable housing, and living wages.

“In the days and months ahead I intend to vigorously campaign for Congress in Maine’s second congressional district – and I intend to win.

“I want to thank Jared Golden for his military service and years in public office. We may have disagreed on issues, but I believe he is a good person, husband, and father.

“Don’t be fooled. Protect your access to your democracy—vote NO on Question 1!”

“I have been asked many times about voter fraud. In the fourteen years I served as Maine’s chief election officer, we had only one case where someone committed the crime of marking someone else’s ballot. It was discovered because of the many safeguards in place.”

"...and the envelope and absentee ballot application are stapled together in case needed later for a recount and to maintain a record of received and cast ballots.”

“Our absentee ballot process has an incredibly thorough custody process. Every single ballot is tracked and accounted for, and when the absentee ballot is opened after the voter status has been verified, the ballot is shuffled into the bin of ballots to be cast and counted..."

“We already have the best-run elections in America right here in Maine. While the committed voter may not see much more than the process of checking in at the polls or sending back their absentee ballot, in fact the entire chain-of-custody is a secure and transparent process."