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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrat 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
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)good luck to her
Freedomofspeech
(4,218 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)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
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)LAS14
(13,749 posts)#eryngilchrist #Maine57 #VoteThemOut #Enough
dameatball
(7,380 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)LAS14
(13,749 posts)...ahead of the 5 pm deadline. She says independents have until June (?????).
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)but we need a Democrat in there!
brer cat
(24,402 posts)We need to contest every republican seat.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I hope she trounces him!
Cha
(295,929 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)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)Doing as well as can be expected, smirky.. You?
Especially with the Conor Lamb win
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)another snowstorm next week!
Cha
(295,929 posts)to be..
Thanks ehrnst!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)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)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.