MAINE PUBLIC • September 23, 2022
The state’s best-known hunting and fishing organization released grades for dozens of political candidates this week rather than endorsements. But the most politically intriguing part of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine’s 2022 “Election Guide” has to be the “incomplete” grade given to Paul LePage. According to SAM, there were several “unresolved issues” with LePage’s answers to the group’s candidate questionnaire even after a face-to-face, follow-up meeting with the former governor. The big sticking points pertained to whether LePage would support the Land for Maine’s Future program and tapping federal funds to protect deer habitat and build a new state fish hatchery. LePage blocked or held up funding for LMF.