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Your Vote 2014

For MPBN's Your Vote 2014 live election results, click here.MPBN’s elections compendium is brought to you by AARP, MEMIC and Lambert Coffin.Debates:Click here to watch the 1st Congressional District debateClick here to watch the 2nd Congressional District debateClick here to watch the Senate debateClick here to watch the gubernatorial debateResources:Gubernatorial Race: GridPaul LePage (R)Mike Michaud (D): Profile, Maine Calling interviewEliot Cutler (I): Maine Calling interviewSenate Race: GridSusan Collins (R): Profile, Maine Calling interviewShenna Bellows (D): Profile, Maine Calling interview1st District Congressional Race: GridChellie Pingree (D): Profile, Maine Calling interviewIsaac Misiuk (R): Profile, Maine Calling interviewRichard Murphy (I): Profile, Maine Calling interview2nd District Congressional Race: GridEmily Cain (D): Profile, Maine Calling interviewBruce Poliquin (R): Profile, Maine Calling interviewBlaine Richardson (I): Profile, Maine Calling interviewFor a list of referendum questions, click here.

Energy Takes Center Stage in Maine Governor's Race

Maine Public

Published September 11, 2014 at 4:03 PM EDT

By AlannaDurkin, The Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine — The three candidates for governor agree that Maine energy costs are too high.

But Republican Gov. Paul LePage, Democrat Mike Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler are deeply divided in their visions of the state's energy future.

Throughout his first term, LePage has advocated for expanding natural gas infrastructure and access to hydropower from Quebec to lower Maine's electricity prices, which are among the nation's highest.

But his opponents charge that the governor has failed to implement a successful energy strategy while turning back years of progress of renewable energy development such as wind and solar.

On Friday, LePage, Michaud and Cutler will discuss environmental and energy policy at an E2Tech conference in Portland, thrusting the issue to the forefront of the battle for the Blaine House.