Paul LePage

{{Infobox politician
|name=Paul LePage
|image=LePage1.png
|office 1=[[Governors of Maine|Governor of Maine]]
|office 1 dates=January 5th, 2010 - Current
|predecessor 1=[[John Baldacci]]
|successor 1=Incumbent
|office 2=Mayor of Waterville
|office 2 dates=2004 - 2011
|predecessor 2=[[Nelson Madore]]
|successor 2=[[Dana Sennett]]
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|born=October 9, 1948
|party=[[Maine Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=[[Ann LePage]]
|children=4
|education=B.S., [[Husson College]]<br>M.B.A., [[Univeristy of Maine]]
|occupation=Businessman, Politician
|religion=[[Catholicism in Maine|Roman Catholic]]
|signature image=LePageSignature.png
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'''Paul Richard LePage''' (born October 9, 1948) is an Maine businessman and politician who is serving as the [[Governors of Maine|74th and current Governor]] of [[Maine]]. A [[Maine Republican Party|Republican]], he was previously mayor of [[Waterville]] from 2003 to 2011, and was a city councilor before that. He worked in the private sector as general manager of the 14-store discount chain, Marden's Surplus and Salvage, from 1996 to 2011.

==Early life and education==

==Business Career==

==Mayor of Waterville==

==Governor of Maine==
===Approval Ratings===
Total tracking:  http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/contests/paul-lepage-job-approval-me

Others to add to the list below:
https://morningconsult.com/governor-approval-ratings-july-2017/
https://morningconsult.com/governor-rankings-april-2017/
https://morningconsult.com/state-governor-rankings/
http://mainenewsonline.com/content/16037826-poll-reflects-muddled-state-politics-maine
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6Ak7rw5iSECYjRCTjhjakxfb1U/view and https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6Ak7rw5iSECYjRCTjhjakxfb1U/view
http://bangordailynews.com/2015/11/23/the-point/how-lepages-approval-rating-compares-with-governors-in-other-states/

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|-style="background:#bdd3eb"
!Poll Date
!Poll Source
!Sample
!Approve
!Disapprove
!No Opinion
!Link
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 9/24/14 - 9/30/14
| valign="top" | Critical Insights
| valign="top" | 606
| valign="top" | 45%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 49%
| valign="top" | 6%
| 
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 11/8/2013 - 11/11/2013
| valign="top" | PPP
| valign="top" | 964
| valign="top" | 41%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 54%
| valign="top" | 5%
| [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2013/PPP_Release_ME_111213.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | Fall 2013
| valign="top" | Critical Insights
| valign="top" | Unknown
| valign="top" | 39%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 49%
| valign="top" | 12%
| [http://www.mpbn.net/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=JhMJBDzliYU%3D&tabid=1046 Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 9/8/2013 - 9/10/2013
| valign="top" | Maine People's Resource Center
| valign="top" | 652
| valign="top" | 37.9%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 56.9%
| valign="top" | 3.4%
| [http://mprc.me/research/0913omnibus.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 3/11/2013 - 3/16/2013
| valign="top" | Pan Atlantic SMS
| valign="top" | 403
| valign="top" | 43.4%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 52.9%
| valign="top" | 3.7%
| [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0KSu-hvIqPqODhwbTExRndjNW8/edit?ref=inline Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 1/22/2013
| valign="top" | PPP
| valign="top" | 1268
| valign="top" | 39%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 55%
| valign="top" | 6%
| [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_ME_012213.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 11/1/2012
| valign="top" | PPP
| valign="top" | 1633
| valign="top" | 41%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 51%
| valign="top" | 7%
| [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_ME_1102.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 9/24/2012 - 9/28/2012
| valign="top" | Pan Atlantic SMS
| valign="top" | 400
| valign="top" | 43.8%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 51.8%
| valign="top" | 4.5%
| [http://www.scribd.com/doc/109630725/50th-Omnibus-Poll-Results-Fall-2012 Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 9/25/2012
| valign="top" | Rasmussen
| valign="top" | 804
| valign="top" | 47%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 51%
| valign="top" | 2%
| [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/platinum/election_2012_state_polls/maine/crosstabs_maine_senate_september_25_2012 Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 9/18/2012
| valign="top" | Public Policy Polling
| valign="top" | 804
| valign="top" | 37%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 52%
| valign="top" | 11%
| [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_ME_92012.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 8/5/2012 - 8/6/2012
| valign="top" | Moore Consulting
| valign="top" | 500
| valign="top" | 36%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 53%
| valign="top" | 10%
| [http://www.scribd.com/doc/102894174 Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 6/13/2012 - 6/14/2012
| valign="top" | MassInc Polling Group
| valign="top" | 506
| valign="top" | 40%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 49%
| valign="top" | 12%
| [http://www.scribd.com/doc/97234718/WBUR-Poll-Angus-King-Heavy-Favorite-To-Replace-Sen-Snowe Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 5/2/2012 - 5/7/2012
| valign="top" | Critical Insights
| valign="top" | 600
| valign="top" | 43%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 48.0%
| valign="top" | 9%
| [http://www.criticalinsights.com/assets/CriticalInsightsTrackingSurveySpring2012.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 3/2/2012 - 3/4/2012
| valign="top" | Public Policy Polling
| valign="top" | 1256
| valign="top" | 41%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 52%
| valign="top" | 7%
| [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/03/maine-has-voters-remorse-on-governor-lepage.html Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 11/9/2011 - 11/22/2011
| valign="top" | Pan Atlantic SMS Group
| valign="top" | 400
| valign="top" | 43.3%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 50.3%
| valign="top" | 6.5%
| [http://www.scribd.com/doc/74900577/49th-Omnibus-Poll-Results-Fall-2011 Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 11/3/2011 - 11/5/2011
| valign="top" | Maine People's Resource Center
| valign="top" | 722
| valign="top" | 44.3%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 46.0%
| valign="top" | 9.7%
| [http://mprc.me/research/mprc_nov11_toplines.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 10/28/2011 - 10/31/2011
| valign="top" | Public Policy Polling
| valign="top" | 673
| valign="top" | 43%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 48%
| valign="top" | 9%
| [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_ME_1102424.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 10/26/2011
| valign="top" | Critical Insights
| valign="top" | 600
| valign="top" style="background:#B9D8BD" | 47%
| valign="top" | 40%
| valign="top" | 13%
| [https://docs.google.com/a/bangordailynews.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bz1xw7lZwFn_YThiYjZjODktNmI3Ni00ZGI4LTk1NGYtY2Q5ODJhZjdhY2Qz&hl=en_US Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 5/17/2011
| valign="top" | Critical Insights
| valign="top" | 600
| valign="top" | 31%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 54%
| valign="top" | 15%
| [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-Y6j4GH8THyOWFhNWZhZmQtZjI3Yi00YmU5LTgyZTEtZWY1YzQzYWJkZTcy&hl=en&authkey=CKKmr7kB Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 5/8/2011
| valign="top" | Maine People's Resource Center
| valign="top" | 970
| valign="top" | 41.1%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 52.7%
| valign="top" | 6.2%
| [http://mprc.me/MPRC_0511_polling_report.pdf Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 5/7/2011
| valign="top" | Pan Atlantic SMS Group
| valign="top" | 401
| valign="top" | 39%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 56%
| valign="top" | 5%
| [http://www.kjonline.com/news/poll-manynot-happywith-lepage_2011-05-07.html Poll]
|-style="background:#ffffff"
| valign="top" | 3/14/2011
| valign="top" | Public Policy Polling
| valign="top" | 1247
| valign="top" | 43%
| valign="top" style="background:#FFA4A4" | 48%
| valign="top" | 9%
| [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_ME_0314.pdf Poll]
|}

==2010 Election==
:''See also: [[Maine gubernatorial election, 2010]]''

===Primary Campaign===
===General Election===
===Campaign Finance===
*$177,721.25 Raised for the primary election 
*$181,000.00 Loan
*$1,026,755.06 Raised for the general election
*$1,385,476.31 Raised for the entire campaign

==2014 Election==
:''See also: [[Maine gubernatorial election, 2014]]''

===Primary Campaign===
Governor LePage did not receive any opposition in the 2014 Republican primary, and was thus the unanimous choice for the Republican Party's nominee for governor.

===General Election===
===Campaign Finance===
*Raised for the primary
*Raised for the general election
*Raised for the entire campaign

==Political Operation==

===Maine People Before Politics===

===2010 Campaign Staff===
*General Consultant [[Brent Littlefield]]
*Treasurer Rick Swanson

===2014 Campaign Staff===
*General Consultant [[Brent Littlefield]]
*Treasurer William Logan

==Personal Life==

[[Category:Governors of Maine]]
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[[Category:Mayors of Waterville]]
[[Category:Politicians from Waterville]]
[[Category:Franco-Americans]]
[[Category:Republicans]]