Maine first lady Ann LePage mulls Senate bid after push from Steve Bannon

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Source: Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Stephen Bannon, an architect of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, wants Ann LePage, the wife of Gov. Paul LePage, to run against U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018, according to a Sunday report in The New York Times.

The report cited anonymous sources who have spoken to Bannon, the controversial head of the conservative Breitbart News who was the Republican president’s campaign CEO and White House chief strategist before Trump fired him in August.

A Maine Republican operative confirmed to the Bangor Daily News on Sunday that Bannon wants Ann LePage to run. It’s unclear how interested she is. The source said she previously didn’t want to join the campaign “in a million years,” but Bannon is “hard to say no to,” so she’s considering it.

It would be a surprising move for the first lady: While Paul LePage’s seven-year tenure has been polarizing, Ann LePage has a warmer persona and has stayed mostly out of the political fray, making her largest share of headlines when she took a waitressing job last year.

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[obamanut2012]

1. If Susan Collins runs, she'll win

This is insane -- ANN LEPAGE?!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

4. Steve Bannon wants Ann Lepage to run against Angus King, not Susan Collins. n/t

[Old Vet]

2. Just the thought of another LePage is INSANITY, What the hell are the people of Maine thinking?

Her husband is a lunatic.............

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

3. This is what Steve Bannon is thinking and not the people of Maine. n/t

[riversedge]

6. So many say that about Wisconsin. But there are people working to get

our very Red Gov Walker out. Hope Maine has had enough of the crap LaPage dishes out constantly

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Bet this just chaps Paulie's ass!