AUGUSTA (AP) — Eliot Cutler, an independent who ran for Maine governor in 2010, says he plans to run again for the state’s top office.
Cutler had registered a candidate committee with the State Ethics Commission on Thursday for the 2014 race. His filing does not commit him to run for the office.
In 2010, Cutler lost a close race to Republican Paul LePage, who has already registered for next year’s race and has a re-election campaign committee.
Cutler says polling done after last fall’s elections helped persuade him to run.
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