BENTON – Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage was on the local circuit Monday night, chatting with supporters and racing in the go-karts at an amusement park.
Rusty and Selena Bell, owners of The Fun Park, hosted the fundraiser. It’s one of many the LePage
team will need in order to run a campaign that is not accepting public money.
“We’ll make up for Clean Elections with grassroots fundraising,” LePage said.
“This election is going to be won with volunteers, not with dollars.”
Publicly-funded political campaigns, LePage said, should be limited to legislative races, which
involve part-time public servants.
“With Clean Elections,” he said, “you can get the state money, then you can turn around and take
PAC money. “Unlike my opponents, this is going to be heavily grassroots.”
Rusty Bell said he appreciates LePage’s no-nonsense approach.
“He’s a regular guy,” Bell said. “Political answers just get old. He speaks about what he believes in.”
