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How One Candidate Created The Blueprint For Beating The Democratic Wave
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Credit: Gregory Rec/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images DW OpinionHow One Candidate Created The Blueprint For Beating The Democratic WavePaul LePage is 2026’s political unicorn for the GOP.Chris Lane•Nov 13, 2026 Listen Listen •5 min1xYour browser does not support the audio element.“Paul LePage is a political unicorn.”That was my message in late September to Brent Littlefield, former Maine governor Paul LePage’s senior political advisor and general consultant on the race. I didn’t mean LePage was a lock. I meant he was impervious to the environment. No matter how we rebuilt the electorate in our models, he landed in the same spot.Last Tuesday proved the point. Democrats flipped dozens of House seats and took back theSenate. In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, LePage went the other way, beating Democrat Matt Dunlap by roughly 5,400 votes.
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