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Source: Huffington Post
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) announced on Wednesday that he may not seek a second term in office.
According to the Maine Sun Journal, LePage was "clearly frustrated" over the legislature's override of his budget bill veto, and told reporters in Augusta that he was uncertain about his political future.
"I am going to be meeting with my family at some point and we are going to be talking it over," LePage said. "Quite frankly, I don't know how you recover from this. I really don't know how you recover from a tax increase. This is a giant obstacle. It's like having a giant hole in the bottom of your ship and you are trying to get across the pond."
"I don't have any more priorities," he added. "We put it all in the budget and got defeated."
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/paul-lepage-second-term_n_3510465.html
More at link. Needless to say, this is welcome news.