As Augusta gets ready for its biggest partisan change in eight years, Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says people are excited.
"There are opportunities for things to change in a really positive direction,” Dunlap says. “And, you know, that's not a knock on Governor LePage. It's just gonna be very different and I think people are excited by that."
Dunlap is a Democrat, like incoming-Governor Janet Mills.
As Secretary of State, Dunlap will have a role in Wednesday's inaugural ceremony. It comes right after Mills swearing in, when Dunlap reads out the proclamation declaring to all that Mills is now "Governor and Commander-in-Chief" of Maine.
