With Janet Mills term-limited and the 2026 governor’s race wide open, former LePage advisor Aaron Chadbourne joins Chuck Ellis to break down the major Republican candidates: Bobby Charles, Garrett Mason, Jonathan Bush, Ben Midgley, David Jones, Owen McCarthy, Jim Libby, Robert Wessels and more.
They cover the candidates’ lanes, paths to winning both the primary and the general election, the importance of independent voters, the Trump factor, ranked-choice voting, and Senate race ad spending. They also take a quick look at the Democrats, including Hannah Pingree, Nirav Shah, Shenna Bellows and Troy Jackson, and independents like Rick Bennett.
