2022 ME Governor's race: on Tax Reform


Paul LePage: No to treating forgivable PPP loans as taxable state income

His target was Mills' supplemental state budget proposal, which treated forgivable loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program as taxable state income. Many Maine businesses want conformity with the federal tax code, but the Mills administration said matching the federal policy would cost the state $100 million in tax revenue. In a letter issued by Littlefield, his political consultant, LePage blasted the Mills budget proposal, calling it "a $100 million hit" on Maine's small businesses.
Source: Press-Herald on 2022 Maine gubernatorial race Feb 8, 2021

Paul LePage: Threatened to veto bills unless state income tax abolished

In Maine, former GOP Gov. Paul LePage vetoed more bills than all his predecessors going back more than 100 years combined. He threatened to veto all bills from the Democratic Legislature unless it abolished the state income tax. It didn't, and he didn't.
Source: Bangor Daily News on 2022 Maine Gubernatorial race Dec 7, 2020

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Gubernatorial Debates 2020:
DE: vs.Carney(incumbent) vs.Williams(D)
IN: vs.Holcomb(incumbent) vs.Melton(D) vs.Myers(D)
MO: Parson(incumbent) vs.Galloway(D) vs.Neely(R)
MT: Bullock(retiring) vs.Fox(R) vs.Perry(R) vs.Gianforte(R) vs.Stapleton(R) vs.Olszewski(R) vs.Neill(D) vs.Schreiner(D) vs.Cooney(D) vs.Williams(D)
NC: Cooper(incumbent) vs.Forest(R) vs.Grange(R)
ND: Burgum(incumbent) vs.Coachman(R) vs.Lenz(D)
NH: Sununu(incumbent) vs.Volinsky(D) vs. fsFeltes(D)
PR: Rossello(D) vs.Garced(D) vs.Pierluisi(D)
UT: Herbert(retiring) vs.Huntsman(R) vs.Cox(R) vs.Burningham(R) vs.Newton(D) vs.Hughes(R)
VT: Scott(incumbent) vs.Holcombe(D) vs.Zuckerman(D)
WA: Inslee(incumbent) vs.Bryant(R) vs.Fortunato(R)
WV: Justice(incumbent) vs.Folk(R) vs.Thrasher(R) vs.Vanover(D) vs.Smith(D) vs.Ron Stollings(D)
Gubernatorial Debates 2021:
NJ:
Murphy(D) vs.Ciattarelli(R)
VA:
Northam(D,term-limited) vs.Herring(D) vs.Chase(R) vs.Fairfax(D)

Gubernatorial Debates 2019:
KY:
Bevin(R) vs.Goforth(R,lost primary) vs.Adkins(D,lost primary) vs.Beshear(D) vs.Edelen(D,lost primary)
LA:
Edwards(D) vs.Rispone(R) vs.Abraham(R) vs.Kennedy(R,declined)
MS:
Bryant(R,retiring) vs.Foster(R) vs.Hood(D) vs.Reeves(R) vs.Waller(R)
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