BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS NOT CLASSIFIED IT AS AN INVASION IN FULL. DEMOCRATS FROM AROUND THE STATE ARE IN BANGOR THIS WEEKEND – FOR THE Maine DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. EVERY TWO YEARS, POLITICIANS, CANDIDATES AND PARTY MEMBERS MEET TO HELP SET THE COURSE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY. CONNOR CLEMENT IS IN THE CROSS CENTER. CONNOR TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT HKeynoteUSAPENS AT THE CONVENTION. JON AND TERRY MEMBERS OF THE MAINE DEMOCRATIC PARTY GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING NOT ONLY MAINE BUT THE COUNTRY… AND GIVES ATTENDEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM TOP POLITICIANS, CANDIDATES AND NATIONAL FIGURES TOO… THE TWO-DAY EVENT AIMS TO BUILD MOMENTUM AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS…THINGS STARTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH WORKSHOPS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF CURRENT TOPICS. IN KeynoteUSAPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES, SPEAKERS, INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN JARED GOLDEN AND SENATE PRESIDENT TROY JACKSON, WILL TAKE THE STAGE BEHIND ME TO SHARE MESSAGES WITH THEIR SUPPORTERS. JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO WE MEET UP WITH JACKSON ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONVENTION IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE. IT GIVES KeynoteUSA THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT FROM ONE END OF THE STATE TO THE OTHER, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THE STATE, HEALTH CARE, HOMELESS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, EDUCATION, WHATEVER, MOVE TO THE FIRST TIME VIEW AND US. HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A UNIFIED FRONT AS TO GETTING OUT, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE’RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR. THE CONVENTION CONTINUES TOMORROW MORNING. SOME OF THE HEAVY GUYS WILL SPEAK, GOVERNMENT. MILLS, CONGRESSMAN CHELLIE PINGREE AND U.S. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR DEB HAALAND WILL BE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN’S RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. REPORTING LIVE IN BANGOR
Maine Democrats hold convention in Bangor
Every two years, politicians, candidates and party members meet to help set the course for the party’s future.
Updated: 11:12 pm EDT May 31, 2024
Democrats from across the state are in Bangor this weekend for the Maine Democratic State Convention. Every two years, politicians, candidates and party members meet to help set the course for the party’s future. The two-day event aims to build momentum ahead of the November elections. It began Friday afternoon with workshops on a wide variety of pressing topics. Speakers on Friday included Congressman Jared Golden and Senate President Troy Jackson, who shared messages with their supporters. “This gives people the opportunity to interact from one end of the state to the other and ensure that the issues that are important across the state (health care, homelessness, prescription drugs, education, you name it) come to the forefront .have those discussions to talk about it and make sure that we have a unified front in terms of getting out, these are the things that we are going to fight for,” Jackson said. The convention continues Saturday morning. Some of the heavyweights will speak, including Governor Janet Mills, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Deb Haaland, US Secretary of the Interior. Haaland will be the keynote speaker and will campaign for President Joe Biden’s re-election in November.
BANGOR, Maine—
Democrats from across the state are in Bangor this weekend for the Maine Democratic State Convention.
Every two years, politicians, candidates and party members meet to help set the course for the party’s future.
The two-day event aims to build momentum ahead of the November elections. It began Friday afternoon with workshops on a wide variety of pressing topics.
Speakers on Friday included Congressman Jared Golden and Senate President Troy Jackson, who shared messages with their supporters.
“This gives people the opportunity to interact from one end of the state to the other and ensure that the issues that are important across the state (health care, homelessness, prescription drugs, education, you name it) come to the forefront .have those discussions to talk about it and make sure that we have a unified front in terms of getting out, these are the things that we are going to fight for,” Jackson said.
The convention continues Saturday morning. Some of the heavyweights will speak, including Governor Janet Mills, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Deb Haaland, US Secretary of the Interior. Haaland will be the keynote speaker and will campaign for President Joe Biden’s re-election in November.
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