Maine party delegates to hear from Sen. Feingold

[MaineDem]

AUGUSTA, Maine --Energized by the upcoming round of gubernatorial, congressional and legislative races, more than 1,000 Maine Democrats will converge on the Augusta Civic Center this weekend for their party's state convention.
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But party activists are charged up this year by Maine's gubernatorial election, in which Democratic Gov. John Baldacci faces re-election challenges, and the struggle with Republicans for control of the Legislature, in which Democrats now have a tenuous edge.

President Bush's performance, which is seen as a factor in November's midterm elections, is also expected to become a theme as the Democratic delegates gather. One of the president's harshest critics, U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, will deliver the convention's keynote speech before Saturday's adjournment.

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In foreign affairs, the draft platform expresses hope to resolve the war in Iraq by handing control of the country to Iraqi authorities, bringing U.S. troops home, and reconstruction with the United Nations' help.

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