Lewiston (Maine), Jun 12 (AP) Republican state lawmaker Austin Theriault, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the US House of Representatives in a Maine district rocked by a mass shooting last year. Theriault, of Fort Kent, defeated fellow Maine House member Mike Soboleski, of Phillips, who is also a supporter of Trump. Theriault will face three-term incumbent Democratic Rep.
Jared Golden in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, which has handed an electoral vote to Trump in the last two elections. The district was also the site of a mass shooting that killed 18 in Lewiston in October. Two Republican state lawmakers, one endorsed by former President Donald Trump, are seeking the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the US House of Representatives in a Maine district rocked by a mass shooting last year.
The two members of the Maine House of Representatives face each other Tuesday in a Republican primary. They are Austin Theriault, of Fort Kent, who is backed by Trump, and Mike Soboleski, of Phillips, who is also a supporter of the former president. The winner will face three-term incumbent Democratic Rep.
Jared Golden in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, which has handed an electoral vote to Trump in the last two elections. The district was also the site of a mass shooting that killed 18 in Lewiston in October. Theriault and Soboleski both vowed to be a stronger pr.
