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Primary Preview: LePage Stakes Claim in Legislative Races

The composition of the next Legislature will begin to take shape after Maine voters go to the polls on Tuesday.

There will be 30 primary contests in State House races, the winners of which will go on to compete in the general election. In some instances the winners of those races will immediately find themselves in a strong position to win in November, but in other swing district contests, the winners of Tuesday’s primary will likely engage in tough races against the other party’s nominee.

MPBN chief political correspondent Steve Mistler and Ed Morin discuss some of the state Senate races, where there are six Democratic and four Republican contests.

Journalist Steve Mistler is Maine Public’s chief politics and government correspondent. He is based at the State House.
Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.