AUGUSTA -- With just over one week to go before the June 8 election, candidates will be criss-crossing the state this week to scrape for every last vote.
Many of them will be participating in Memorial Day parades and events today. But starting Tuesday, it's back to wholesale barnstorming leading up to what promises to be one of the more exciting elections in state history.
On Tuesday, Democrat Rosa Scarcelli will work the southern part of the state in Ogunquit and Kittery, while Republican Steve Abbott will be in Augusta, Gardiner and China in central Maine.
Some are making the rounds to mill gates, while others continue to attend house parties. And, there are three live televised debates this week to keep them all on their toes.
Tuesday night, from 7 to 8 p.m., Republicans will debate live on WMTW. Democrats will follow on Wednesday, also from 7 to 8 p.m. on WMTW.
Then, on Thursday night, Maine Public Broadcasting will host a live debate from 8 to 9 p.m. for Democrats.
Pollsters and others say a large number of people continue to be undecided leading up to Election Day. Here are the choices:
Democrats: Patrick McGowan, Senate President Elizabeth Mitchell, Steve Rowe and Rosa Scarcelli.
Republicans: Steve Abbott, Bill Beardsley, Matt Jacobson, Paul LePage, Peter Mills, Les Otten and Bruce Poliquin.
Scarcelli's "Maine State Bank"
Replica watches Scarcelli called for the creation of a Maine State Bank last week as a way to keep state revenues available for lending to small businesses, farmers, student loans and other projects, according to her campaign.
She said there's already a Bank of North Dakota, which has helped insulate that state from the economic downturn. Most of Maine's money is in a large Canadian bank, with other funds in a Rhode Island bank that's backed by the British government.
"Those Replica watches banks then lend our deposits to their customers, to create jobs mostly outside of Maine," she said in a statement.
Jacobson launching TV ad
Jacobson will launch a statewide television ad this week -- his first, according to his campaign.
The timing coincides with three televised debates that will air on various stations this week.
"Across America, this is an anti-establishment year!" he wrote in a fundraising e-mail. "Voters are rejecting career politicians, political insiders and those who promote the same old solutions that haven't been working."
Beardsley and undecideds
Beardsley is organizing events to talk to people who haven't yet made up their minds, according to his campaign.
He was at Dysart's Truck Stop last week for a meet-and-greet with what he believes is a large number of undecided voters.
"Rather than surrounding himself with supporters in the final week of the primary, or spending evenings at fundraisers attended by people who are in a position to contribute to his campaign, Bill will spend the remainder of the campaign seeking out undecided voters," his e-mail newsletter reported.
Courting the French
Scarcelli announced recently she has begun to air a radio ad in French.
Narrated by Connie Cote,
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