Maine Democrats Poised to Run a Convention for Senate - The American Prospect
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The state party could have decided that any process that didn’t allow voters to get a say would be fatally compromised. It did not.

The state party could have decided that any process that didn’t allow voters to get a say would be fatally compromised. It did not.

  • NM_Gringo
    4·
    12 days ago

    They couldn’t just hold a primary? At least they’re avoiding the Biden/Harris debacle of just anointing a replacement.

    • kreskin
      2·
      12 days ago

      its essentially the same thing as appointing the candidate. The state reps will choose how the convention is run and how the candidate is selected. There will inevitably be “superdelegate” party insiders whose vote counts for 10,000 voters, or something like that.