Jon Lovett
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15,055 appearances
44 recordings
6 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 8 Sep
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They're going to put up slates.
It's going to be messy.
Now, this is probably the best process if you want to involve as many people as possible and have the most transparency.
Because the other alternative is the state party committee just votes.
And we're in a weird, bizarro version of 2024, where we're losing a nominee very close to an election, about the same number of days, actually.
Instead of what happened in 2024, where just one candidate automatically becomes a nominee, we're going to have a process of some kind and these people are going to compete.
And maybe one of them will come and stand out.
And hopefully at the end of this process, we're going to come together.
So there are no good answers here, I guess, is my point.
So as for who might run, potential candidates started testing the waters even before Platner said he was leaving the race.
Here's a small sample of how they're pitching themselves.
I will fight for Medicare for all because in the wealthiest country on earth, nobody should ever go bankrupt over a medical bill.
That was former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, the state's former top health official Nirav Shah, and brewery owner Dan Kleban on your podcast, Alex, Runaway Country.
Indeed.
They've all said they will run.
So have Secretary of State Shana Bellows, former congressional candidate and political operative Jordan Wood, former Platner staffer and congressional candidate Paige Loud, former Senate candidate David Costello.
State Rep Valley Geiger is considering running, too, although she hasn't officially said so.
It's a lot of people.
Do you find anyone compelling in this crowd?
What do you make of them?
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