impeachment

Poor Mark Lawrence. Maybe if he'd laid off the impeachment talk during his campaign, he would have finished higher than 5th place.

Mark Lawrence has released his first ad, saying that President Bush needs to be impeached.

Lawrence, currently the York County District Attorney, is running as a Democrat in the First Congressional District.

“Impeaching Bush isn’t a distraction, it’s our duty,” Lawrence says in the ad. “As a prosecutor I believe no one is above the law, including a president.”

Congressional candidates Mark Lawrence and Chellie Pingree give opening statements at Tuesday night's debate. The debate, hosted by the Maine Campaign to Impeach, focused on Constitutional issues and impeachment.

It was a tough room.

Dean Scontras, a Republican candidate for the First Congressional District, took the stage Tuesday with four Democrats vying for the CD1 seat. It was a forum put on by two leftist groups, and a crowd of mostly liberals.  read more »