Why I'm Running as a Clean Elections Candidate

Like the current Senate President Libby Mitchell, Republican Peter Mills and nearly 80% of the Maine legislature, I think that running a campaign free of the influence of lobbyists and donors makes sense and is the right thing to do. Especially in these hard times, people need representatives that will choose to run "clean" elections. Clean Elections was passed overwhelmingly by Maine voters and they have continued to support the idea of having elections where everyday people can run and not have to rely on wealthy friends and lobbyists. That is also why our current US Rep Chellie Pingree has signed onto a federal clean elections bill and her daughter, Speaker of the House Hannah Pingree went down and testified in favor of it. Getting money out of politics in Maine and DC makes sense.