Four Things You Can Do
- Today (Monday): Send an email to five of your friends or family members, and then give them a call. Urge them to vote for Pat, and offer to help them get to the polls.
- Today (Monday): Send everyone to Pat's website to see a comparison between Pat and the professional politicians, as well as videos of the debates. Find out for yourself why so many Democrats, Republicans and Independents are crossing over to vote for Pat that both Baldacci and Woodcock are using robocalls to try to stop the flood of defections.
- Tomorrow (Tuesday): Go Vote! And bring 5 friends! Find your local polling place. Maine also allows early voting, so you can vote today or tomorrow.
- Tomorrow (Tuesday): Party! Join Pat for an Election Night Celebration at 7:00 PM at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport.
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Join Pat's Homestretch Hospital Tour
In the final days of the campaign, Pat will bring the focus back to where she started and where it belongs: on the healthcare needs of every Mainer. It also will focus on the people in northern Maine and rural Maine. She will visit 34 small rural towns with hospitals, and encourage Mainers to vote for the one candidate with a plan to lower taxes and provide universal heathcare for all Maine people. See the complete schedule for details.
[UPDATE Nov. 4] Read Pat's Homestretch Hospital Tour Blog
| Friday Rumford Farmington Skowhegan Greenville Dover-Foxcroft Lincoln Millinocket Saturday Fort Kent Caribou Presque Isle Houlton Calais Machias Ellsworth Bar Harbor Blue Hill |
Sunday Belfast Rockport Damariscotta BoothBay Brunswick Portland Westbrook Bideford York Sanford Monday Wells Bridgeton Norway Lewiston Augusta Waterville Pittsfield Bangor |
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 Pat's Marathon Homestretch Hospital Tour begins in Rumford Falls |
 LaMarche supporters Joe and Bob on Congress Street in Rumford Falls |
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 Pat with Mary Behn, co-owner of Mac's Taxi in Skowhegan |
 Pat with LaMarche supporter Staff Sgt. Fayelene Genness |
Latest Developments
In the last week, Pat LaMarche has
- Narrowed the field to a two-way race between Baldacci and LaMarche
- Reached out to voters across party lines
- Won the nation's first mobile voter political poll
- Gained key newspaper endorsements
- Received significant student support via text messages
(sending the word "pat" to the number 30644)
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"This Tour reminds us that universal healthcare will do more than improve the quality of health for Mainers across the entire state," said Pat LaMarche. "It will lower taxes, improve the economy, and make sure that no senior will have to choose between medicine and heating oil this winter." more
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Excerpt from the Courier Gazette: "Take a closer look at LaMarche's positions and you might agree that she makes more sense than any of the other candidates. While Mainers would likely be served adequately with a second Baldacci administration, ... LaMarche would be the activist needed to best steer the ship of state." 
John Buell
In a recent Bangor Daily News article, John Buell wrote: "Why business leaders both here and nationally tolerate the world's most costly and inefficient health care system is beyond me. GM and Ford are dying in part because of healthcare costs foreign competitors do not bear. If Maine were to enact its own Medicare for all, it would reduce costs, keep more health dollars in Maine, and gain an immense competitive advantage. The strongest argument against LaMarche's proposal seems to be that it is "unrealistic." It is unrealistic only as long as most of us fail to give it serious consideration."
Monday, November 6, 2006
Hometown Hospital Homestretch Tour: Day 4
During the final four days of her gubernatorial campaign, Pat LaMarche will focus attention where it belongs: on the healthcare needs of every Mainer. Starting in Rumford, Maine, Pat will visit small rural towns with hospitals in 34 towns to emphasize her support for universal heath care and tax relief for all Maine people. 
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Election Night Celebration
At 7 PM on Election Night at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, Pat LaMarche welcomes her staff, volunteers, supporters, and their families to a celebration of a strong team effort. Dave Wooley's band and guest musicians will be playing, lots of good food will be available, and a good time will be had by all. 
Hometown Hospital Homestretch Tour: Healthcare for All Mainers!
November 3, 2006: During the final four days of her gubernatorial campaign, Pat LaMarche will focus attention where it belongs: on the healthcare needs of every Mainer. Starting in Rumford, Maine, Pat will visit small rural towns with hospitals in 34 towns to emphasize her support for universal heath care and tax relief for all Maine people. 
Democrats and Republicans Cross Party Lines to Endorse LaMarche
November 3, 2006: In a preview of how a LaMarche Administration would include the brightest and best from all across the political spectrum, several prominent Democrats and Republicans have stepped across party lines to endorse Green-Independent Pat LaMarche for governor, among them a former Democratic candidate for governor. 
November 1, 2006, Portland Phoenix
Portland Phoenix Endorses LaMarche
Excerpt: "It is time for real change, and Pat LaMarche will brighten the future of Maine. LaMarche would bring good people into her cabinet — including talented Republicans and Democrats with specialized expertise — to forge a multi-partisan approach based on what the best ideas are, without worrying about which party the brainstorm came from." 
October 31, 2006, Boston Globe
By Associated Press
By Associated Press
LaMarche Clean Elections Appeal Reaches Supreme Court
Excerpt: "The state supreme court on Tuesday heard Green Independent candidate Pat LaMarche's expedited appeal of an ethics commission ruling that denied her extra Clean Elections funding. LaMarche contends she is due more money to offset spending by the Maine Democratic Party and the Republican Governors Association for TV ads that appear to promote Democratic Gov. John Baldacci and Republican challenger Chandler Woodcock." 
November 4, 2006, Team LaMarche
Hospital Homestretch Tourblog: Day 1
Excerpt: "In Skowhegan Pat was treated like royalty on Water Street. Mary Behn and her husband, owners of Mac's Taxi, rushed out to greet Pat. Then we went to the Empire Grill, an old-style diner, where Sgt. Genness had questions for Pat. Sgt. Genness started out as an undecided voter. When we left, she was sporting a LaMarche for Governor button and offered to volunteer!" 
November 1, 2006, LaMarche Bangor Office
JIMBLOG#2: The Recovery Begins
Excerpt: "Having no health insurance creates a complicated situation, because you need to get back to work to pay the medical bills that will be arriving shortly. But, if you go back too soon and have a relapse, then you risk being out of work even longer." 
