📺 A conservative media giant is spotted at his Maine studio.
◉ Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has apparently returned to his summer home in the village of Bryant Pond in the Oxford County town of Woodstock. The Daily Mail, a British tabloid, on Tuesday published photos of him working with a crew at the studio he owns there.
◉ The photos are from last week. Patrick Feeney, a local carpenter who takes care of the property for Carlson, said Fox News came in recently to remove things from the studio after the network took the host off the air in April. A racist text message discovered in legal proceedings was the reason for that move, The New York Times reported.
◉ Carlson plans to return with a version of his show on Twitter. It's unclear what role his Maine studio will play in those plans, but it was a regular filming location for him with Fox. He has strong ties to the community in Woodstock, which he called his "favorite place in the world" in a 2019 letter.
🗳️ Republicans are winning the money battle in an election ... for now.
◉ Republicans look to be in a good position to flip a Maine House of Representatives seat in a low-key June 13 election. It is the only seat on the ballot, and it would be the minority party's first special election victory in a truly competitive district since 2015.
◉ The seat, which was vacated by former Rep. Clinton Collamore, D-Waldoboro, after he pleaded not guilty to signature fraud charges, is being contested by two solid candidates. Former Rep. Abden Simmons, R-Waldoboro, is running after a Maine Senate loss last year, and former Rep. Wendy Pieh, D-Bremen, is trying to return to the chamber after 15 years.
◉ Simmons has a jump. The district leans Republican, and his party has moved early to boost him with nearly $14,000 in outside spending that has gone unanswered by Democrats so far. That adds to the nearly $16,000 that Simmons raised himself through late April.
◉ Pieh had only a small sum then but will get a big payment from the Clean Election program. Democrats look to be waiting for the election to draw closer before spending their big money. Count on them to do so, since they are coming off a 2022 election marked by record spending and a major advantage there over Republicans. |
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