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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 04:58 PM Mar 2018

Democrat Eryn Gilchrist enters Maine House race against Republican Gibson




A new candidate has entered the race for the Maine House of Representatives.

Democrat Eryn Gilchrist of Greene submitted signatures to get her name on the ballot Thursday morning, according to the Maine Democratic Party.

She will be running for Maine House District 57 against Republican candidate Leslie Gibson.

Gibson faced controversy after allegedly calling a survivor of the Parkland school shooting a "skinhead lesbian" on Twitter, according to the Lewiston Sun Journal. He has since deleted his account.


http://www.wmtw.com/article/democratic-candidate-enters-maine-house-race-against-republican-gibson/19445626
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Democrat Eryn Gilchrist enters Maine House race against Republican Gibson (Original Post) ehrnst Mar 2018 OP
awesome NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #1
Great news! Freedomofspeech Mar 2018 #2
ActBlue Beat Les Gibson poboy2 Mar 2018 #3
Dem twitter posters are looking for her social media accts so they can give her a boost. Lucinda Mar 2018 #4
Thanks!!! Flood her with support!!! LAS14 Mar 2018 #7
I just contributed and I live in Virginia. Go kick ass!! dameatball Mar 2018 #5
Yayessss!!!! (nt) ehrnst Mar 2018 #8
My daughter, in Portland, tells me she just got on the ballot... LAS14 Mar 2018 #6
Yes - not sure why the Independents have a later deadline ehrnst Mar 2018 #9
Good luck to her. brer cat Mar 2018 #10
Best of luck to her! smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #11
Wouldn't that be just desserts! Cha Mar 2018 #14
I would love to see her kick the old fart's ass. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #15
Just doesn't he? right out of central casting. Cha Mar 2018 #16
Pretty good! Happy about the Lamb victory, just hoping we don't get smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #17
Alright! I was wondering who it was going Cha Mar 2018 #12
This is why you field a candidate for every race gratuitous Mar 2018 #13
She is a Clean Election candidate. Tatiana Mar 2018 #18
 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
3. ActBlue Beat Les Gibson
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 05:02 PM
Mar 2018


ActBlue
Beat Les Gibson

"Skinhead lesbian." "Bald-faced liar."

This is what Republican state legislative candidate Les Gibson has to say about Parkland shooting survivors Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg. Gibson's comments are disgraceful, bringing shame on Androscoggin County and the entire state of Maine.

If you want to see Gibson defeated in November, don't wait. Contribute now to the Lewiston Democratic Party. We'll use every dollar to beat Gibson and his hateful allies.
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https://secure.actblue.com/donate/beatlesgibson

LAS14

(13,749 posts)
6. My daughter, in Portland, tells me she just got on the ballot...
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 05:10 PM
Mar 2018

...ahead of the 5 pm deadline. She says independents have until June (?????).

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
15. I would love to see her kick the old fart's ass.
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 07:12 PM
Mar 2018

He just looks like someone that deserves a good kick in the teeth, especially from a woman.

Hope you are doing well Cha!

Cha

(295,929 posts)
16. Just doesn't he? right out of central casting.
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 07:16 PM
Mar 2018

Doing as well as can be expected, smirky.. You?

Especially with the Conor Lamb win

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
17. Pretty good! Happy about the Lamb victory, just hoping we don't get
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 07:21 PM
Mar 2018

another snowstorm next week!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
13. This is why you field a candidate for every race
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 07:07 PM
Mar 2018

Up until today's filing deadline, Leslie Gibson was running unopposed. A man who ridicules the survivors of a high school shooting massacre. You don't know when one of these dumbasses is going to say or do something so egregiously stupid it immediately turns off a sizable segment of the voting public. Can Gilchrist beat Gibson in November? I don't know. But she'll be on the ballot instead of a blank space.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
18. She is a Clean Election candidate.
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 10:21 PM
Mar 2018

So it's going to be hard on the fundraising side, but perhaps the Lewiston Democrats will give her a helping hand.

Looks like she will be accepting public funds for her campaign, so she is going to need a lot of additional support to go up against the Republican replacement.

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