This Nov. 8, Mainers will vote for legislative positions and a governor. The national Republicans are targeting Maine, trying to turn us from blue to red. And they want Paul LePage back as governor.

Some comparisons between past Gov. LePage and current Gov. Mills:

• LePage: One of the nation’s worst Great Recession recoveries.
• Mills: One of the nation’s best pandemic recoveries.

• LePage: Tried to cut education funding.
• Mills: Expanded education funding.

• LePage: Refused to expand Medicaid despite Mainers voting for it.
• Mills: Expanded Medicaid, giving thousands of Mainers essential health care. One of the nation’s lowest COVID death rates.

• LePage: Climate change denier.
• Mills: Climate action.

• LePage: “Let’s do it” to outlaw abortion.
• Mills: Supports women’s right to choose.

• LePage: False election-fraud accusations; voter suppression.
• Mills: Maine as exemplar of accessible, secure, fair voting.

This November, vote Democrat Janet Mills for governor. We really cannot afford Republican Paul LePage!

Mike Thompson
Eliot