Cross posting this from the Executive Director of the Maine GOP Jason Savage who wrote it… “I’m done. I’m calling out the BS. I have seen so much whining about GOP turnout for the primary in Maine, apparently from people who like to complain but don’t know the actual numbers. We’re going to be close to the highest turnout in three decades in a Republican Gubernatorial primary. We are already at the second highest. (We will probably end up between 125k-130k voters and close to our all-time high.) People complaining are looking sideways comparing to the Democrat freak show internal civil war turnout rather than look at our numbers historically. 2026: 118,424 (with around 40-50 towns not reported --> AP) 2022: 65,684 2018: 101,585 2014: 62,313 2010: 131,407 (huge tea party wave year) 2006: 70,044 2002: 78,783 1998: 57,832 1994: 89,623 The uninformed freakout from certain corners has given the press a narrative that they don’t need any actual facts to push forward, and it has given a whole bunch of Republicans a reason to criticize one another. The numbers are the numbers. Turnout was stronger than was predicted (most predictions were around 100k), and anyone saying otherwise is either uninformed or being opportunistic so they can perpetuate the GOP infighting. Also, Democrats had at least 8 campaigns with significant funds to invest in GOTV across 3 races, two of them statewide. We may have had 2 campaigns that could invest in GOTV, and our 2 best funded campaigns had no need to do it because they were unopposed. On our side, almost every dollar was spent on persuasion, trying to win the voters that were already going to show up. You can't simultaneously get almost record high turnout when looking at the historical data and complain that turnout was weak. If you didn't know the numbers and just believed someone else's post, I understand, it happens in this day and age. If you knew but just needed to freak out and start a fight, shame.”

Democrats showed up and showed out!

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