Former Secretary of State Dunlap to challenge Snowe

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Bangor Daily News

Former Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has filed the necessary paperwork to challenge U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe in the 2012 election.

In a filing with the Federal Election Commission dated Oct. 31, the Old Town Democrat registered Dunlap For Senate as an official campaign committee.

Dunlap, Maine’s secretary of state until earlier this year, has been rumored as a challenger to Snowe for many months but hadn’t made up his mind as of this summer.

He confirmed Wednesday that he filed the paperwork and said he would talk more about his plans when he makes a formal announcement in the coming days.

Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2011/11/02/politics/former-secretary-of-state-dunlap-to-challenge-snowe/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good luck to him!

[Ter]

2. He won't challenge Snowe

She will lose her primary big time.

[grantcart]

3. So her capitulations on the public option will get her nothing.

She should have done the right thing and then gone as an independent, she would have had a chance, especially if she got the Democrats to withhold a strong candidate.

Serves her right.