How lawmakers who don’t belong to a party see their role in Maine’s new Legislature

By Alex Acquisto, BDN Staff • December 13, 2018

Good morning from Augusta, where the newly seated Maine House of Representatives includes five people who don’t identify as either Democrat or Republican.

It’s the largest number of independents elected to the House in more than a century. ...

Party defections in the previous Legislature stripped the Democrats of a clear majority and gave independents and the lone Green Independent Party member more leverage with floor votes....

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