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Paul LePage is back and Maine braces for a political storm

Here in Maine, former Governor Paul LePage — who has described himself as “Trump before Trump” — officially kicked off his campaign to return to the governor’s mansion last night at a rally in the Augusta Civic Center. What’s his legacy? Can he win? What power will his brutish, sometimes overtly racist rhetoric have in the Trump-shaped world, where previously unspeakable ideas have been normalized? 
The answers to these questions and more are up this morning in my latest dispatch for POLITICO Magazine. Hope you enjoy.
 
For more on Paul LePage from the archives, start here, then here and here.