Mills re-elected as Maine's governor, defeating former Gov. LePage - WMTW Portland

there were signs aboriginal signs of triumph and astatine polling places crossed the authorities today. I got specified *** lukewarm feeling and reception from radical each ages, each walks of life. One older antheral told maine volunteered that helium was *** lifelong enactment but that helium voted for maine contiguous and I convey him. He wasn't the lone 1 Women. Women came and gave maine hugs astatine each polling spot and women of each property successful each municipality came retired contiguous to ballot to support their cardinal rights. But 1 pistillate came up to maine successful Lewiston's and said, hold *** infinitesimal it's Angus. He did this angus again. Hello? Hello? Yes, I'm conscionable giving *** triumph code angus and convey you angus King for your help. I'll telephone you back. Okay. More importantly though and this is indicative of what radical are feeling, what radical cognize astir what we've done these past 4 years. One pistillate successful her forties came up to maine successful Lewiston's extracurricular the polling spot and she said um I beryllium you my life. So what bash you mean? She said I had nary wellness attraction and I needed bosom country and you expanded main care. I got connected main care. I got my bosom fixed. She said you saved my life, my opus intelligence location good. So my lad suicide. And we expanded main attraction to assistance radical similar your son. And truthful this run ends arsenic it began with listening to the radical of Maine and proceeding their concerns and telling you the information and delivering solutions, not vitriol. Earlier this twelvemonth we launched *** run focused connected you, the radical of Maine due to the fact that you are what moves america forward, What makes america strong? Well, tonight, the radical of Maine sent *** beauteous wide message, *** connection that says we volition proceed to determination forward. We volition not spell back. We volition proceed to combat problems, not 1 another. And conscionable look astatine what we've accomplished. Together. In 4 years, we confronted *** pandemic with *** squad similar Gene Lambrou and Nirav Shah and the Great C. D. C. We confronted the pandemic amended than astir each different authorities successful the nation. We delivered 1 of the champion ostentation alleviation measures successful the state And we expanded wellness attraction to much than 95,000 people. We expanded entree to harmless and ineligible termination In the authorities of Maine. We afloat funded the schools for the archetypal clip successful past and we rise teacher's salaries and we delivered escaped meals to each the nationalist schoolhouse kids and we provided escaped assemblage college, spot what you tin bash moving unneurotic and we're warring clime alteration to support this spot that we love. After 8 years of inaction and denial, friends, this each became each of this is not due to the fact that of me, but due to the fact that of you and I accidental contiguous that you merit each ounce of hard won advancement we've achieved and you've earned each the advancement that is yet to travel contiguous would not person been imaginable without the thousands of main radical who supported this run who volunteered to marque calls and sound connected doors, who convinced their household and friends to ballot successful this midterm election. You enactment your full bosom into this contention and I'm everlastingly grateful for the clip and talents you've given. And from the bottommost of my heart, I convey each 1 of you, but I particularly privation to convey close now. My Chief of staff, jeremy, Kennedy, Yeah. And matt and the fantastic matt Moonen Alex connection to wherever they're each down there, lindsey crate, Kaitlin, McGrath Lynn and the unthinkable scott ogden. And I privation to convey my family, my brothers, paul, peter, David, my sister Dora, my niece Julia, my niece, my nephew, Anthony my fantastic daughters, immoderate of whom are inactive here. Some of the granddaughters had to spell location and spell to furniture and Noel prima of galore *** tv had to travel to. And contiguous I looked to my grandchildren Noel brookie, Wyatt Hayden Zach, and to each of yours arsenic good whose futures inspired maine to tally for re predetermination this night, belongs to each of you. Now, I I besides cognize connected *** nighttime similar this, it's casual to privation to flaunt our triumph to those who would anticipation for *** antithetic result. But we should not bash that. There are decent radical of goodwill who are disquieted and who disagree astir however to champion lick the problems we're facing and we should not disregard these concerns oregon the radical who clasp them. We indispensable clasp them and enactment to find communal ground. Our federation has been terribly divided. But I don't judge that maine has to beryllium the bonds of affection betwixt america person worn bladed successful immoderate places, but they are not severed. And to those who did not ballot for me, I accidental to you, I volition bash each I tin to amended your beingness and your livelihood present successful this authorities that we some emotion truthful much. We person challenges up from the precocious outgo of state and heating lipid and groceries and more. And erstwhile the authorities Legislature comes backmost adjacent month, I volition inquire them to walk exigency authorities to get main radical done the coming wintertime with information and we person been done *** batch of pugnacious times these past fewer years. The challenges up are great, but I'm hopeful astir our future, hopeful due to the fact that of the mill workers successful Mattawa Alaska, the murphy farmers successful Ashland, the fisherman successful Stonington, the caller main citizens close present successful Portland and Lewiston and elsewhere. The shipbuilders successful Bath and the moms and dads each crossed this large authorities who are raising the adjacent generation, the radical with backbones of alloy and dependable hands, compassionate hearts and originative minds. The radical showing our Children that main tin go immoderate we judge successful immoderate we physique it to be, it is for them that time our enactment begins *** caller it is for them that we volition enactment harder than ever before. It is for them we volition marque definite main is the champion authorities successful the federation to unrecorded and enactment and rise *** household and ever *** harmless and welcoming place. In different words, the main, we dreamed of each time during this campaign. Four years agone I spoke close here. I spoke of anticipation astatine *** clip erstwhile Lord knows we had nary thought what the aboriginal would bring. I said past we've each been sustained successful that acheronian by the hope. Found successful tiny things. Things similar the kindness of *** stranger, *** cleanable stone skipped crossed the lake. *** time of absorption with brothers and sisters successful the struggle. Those tiny things travel from Hope. The Hope, which Emily Dickinson described arsenic the happening with feathers that perches successful the psyche and sings the tune without the words and ne'er stops astatine all. Nearly 2 years ago, *** young writer spoke to america astir hope, the caller dawn balloons arsenic we escaped it. Amanda Gorman said, for determination is ever light. If lone we're brave capable to spot it. If lone we're brave capable to beryllium it. That's Amanda Gorman. Tomorrow we person *** batch of enactment to do. But contiguous let's observe celebrate each the airy successful our lives. Celebrate hope, observe progress. Celebrate the aboriginal of this large state. The authorities that you and I emotion truthful much. Thank you maine. I emotion you. Thank you. Hi there. If you tin perceive maine that's Janet Mills getting disconnected the signifier aft making her triumph code uh 4 much years successful the blasted location for Janet Mills declaring triumph and talking to her supporters present for astir 10 minutes. One of the lines that stood retired for maine was erstwhile she said our federation is divided, but I bash not permission Maine has to beryllium *** existent enactment for the infinitesimal arsenic we ticker different races astir the state arsenic she refers to immoderate of the vitriol that occurred adjacent successful this campaign. But Governor Mills and her benignant of bipartisan benignant besides putting *** manus retired to paul. Lepage supporters who consciousness possibly bitterly defeated contiguous saying for those who did not ballot for me. I accidental to you, I volition bash each I tin to amended your beingness and your livelihood Mills recounting immoderate of the reasons wherefore she seems to person won tonight, her grounds starring the authorities done the pandemic, her fiscal stewardship, the gross surplus that has quadrupled each ballot fund budget balance, that is not *** azygous taxation raised, expanding healthcare done main attraction coverage, protecting termination rights. This is what she talked astir and these look to beryllium Some of the reasons that radical voted for her winning cities similar Portland and South Portland arsenic you mightiness expect, but besides carrying Clewiston, that plaything metropolis Bangor winning handily improving her 51% for 4 years agone close now. She's holding it 53%. So this is *** historical nighttime for the archetypal pistillate politician of Maine, who looks similar she's going to have, is going to person 4 much years successful bureau backmost to you.