Paul R. LePagePaul R. LePage

Governor LePage has a long track record of creating jobs, understanding what it takes to make payroll, and building a strong economy where families can prosper. As a successful businessman and Governor, he fought every day to grow Maine’s economy and strengthen its workforce.

Paul LePage knows what it is like to struggle. Born into a broken home, Paul’s father handed him a 50-cent coin and told him to tell the doctors he fell down the stairs as he lay battered in a Lewiston hospital. 11-year-old Paul LePage took that coin, and left the hospital. He never returned home. Homeless, finding work and a place to sleep day-to-day, it was a horse stable worker who told him, “If it is to be, it is up to me.” Paul took that phrase to heart, finished high school, earned a college and graduate degree, and went on to become one of New England’s most successful businesspeople, creating jobs and growing the economy. He was elected, and re-elected Mayor as a Republican in one of Maine’s most Democratic cities and then served as Maine’s Governor, creating jobs, growing the economy, protecting Maine’s senior citizens, and always looking out for taxpayers. Now, he’s running for Congress to bring no-nonsense leadership to Washington. Because Mainers deserve a straight talker who always puts them over politics.

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The oldest of 18 children, Paul LePage left home at 11, survived two years on the streets, and rose to become a successful businessman and two-term Governor of Maine — an only-in-America story of grit and self-reliance.

A proven America First fighter endorsed by President Donald J. Trump, LePage offers Maine's 2nd District a clear contrast with his opponent, former Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. Dunlap has made "not taking a dime from AIPAC" a campaign line and dismissed U.S. military aid to Israel as a "mixed bag," predicting that support for the Jewish state would erode.