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May 12, 2008
Summers hits campaign trail tonight

With Charlie Summers' return home from Iraq – and about four weeks remaining before voters go to the polls – the race for the Republican nomination in Maine's 1st Congressional District enters a new phase today.

Dwayne Bickford, a spokesman for the Summers campaign, tells me that paperwork is being processed today that will take Summers off active military duty. Once that happens, Summers is allowed to hit the campaign trail. Summers is running against Dean Scontras for the GOP nomination in the race to succeed Democratic Rep. Tom Allen.

Summers, Scontras and Democratic candidates Adam Cote, Mark Lawrence, Steve Meister and Chellie Pingree are scheduled to appear at a candidates' forum tonight in Scarborough. The event is scheduled from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Maine Veterans Home, 290 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough.

– Kevin Wack

Posted at 12:55 PM

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Dieter Bradbury is the Press Herald's political correspondent. His career at the newspaper started in 1980, and includes 21 years as a reporter and seven as an editor. Bradbury is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine.


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