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Matt Gagnon is the Editor in Chief of Pine Tree Politics. A University of Maine Alum, he now resides in Washington, DC. Matt has an obsession for Maine politics and he calls in every Wednesday during the 8:00 hour on Drive Time.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010: In his first appearance of the new season, Matt called in to talk about the Maine gubernatorial race and the anonymous attack website www.CutlerFiles.com against Unenrolled candidate Eliot Cutler.
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MAY 5, 2010: Matt broke another story about Republican gubernatorial hopeful Les Otten plagiarising on his website.
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APRIL 28, 2010: Matt Called in to talk with Zach on Maine Day. Matt broke a story about Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Richardson being denied Maine Clean Election Financing and was the first to announce that Richardson was going to drop out. Matt talked about the article and uncovering the story.
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APRIL 21, 2010: Matt called in to talk about the Bill Beardsley Momentum (The Beardsmentum) sweeping the state and to talk about Beardsley's Video in the woods.
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APRIL 14, 2010: Matt wrote an article about Bruce Poliquin's TV ad filmed in a vacant factory. He discussed some major criticisms of all the bland Republican advertisements in the race so far.
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APRIL 7, 2010: Matt called in and talked to us about the KFC Double Down sandwich, gubernatorial candidate TV advertisements, and President Obama's first pitch on opening day.
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MARCH 24, 2010: Matt called in to talk about Donna Dion's decision to continue her bid for Governor as a write-in, discussed the healthcare bill, and gave us his weekly rankings in the gubernatorial race.
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FEBRUARY 24, 2010: Matt commented on Ron Paul's victory in the straw poll at the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). We also talked with him about a WGME Report on gubernatorial candidate background checks.
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FEBRUARY 17, 2010: Matt talks about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009's 1st Birthday and his picks for the gubernatorial race if it were to happen today.
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FEBRUARY 10, 2010: Matt called in from home during the record breaking Washington DC snowstorm. He provides commentary about an article he wrote on Pine Tree Politics about Steve Abbott's decision to hire three big names in a "new media pitch."
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JANUARY 27, 2010: In an article on Pine Tree Politics Matt addressed our very own Ben Goodman with some words of wisdom. Ben wrote an article on Augusta Insider about what lessons could be drawn from Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts and Matt provided some advice.
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JANUARY 20, 2010: Matt called in to talk with Zach about the election breakdown and Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts:
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JANUARY 13, 2010: Matt called in to talk about the Massachusetts Senate race and to address the rapidly changing Maine gubernatorial election:
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NOVEMBER 18, 2009: Interview with Matt focusing on an article he wrote on Pine Tree Politics about the Federal Stimulus and job creation in Maine. He also touches on the Maine race for Governor:
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OCTOBER 29, 2009: Interview about Matt's predictions about the 2009 Maine ballot. Also a discussion about political donations made by gubernatorial candidates, specifically about Republican candidate Les Otten:
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OCTOBER 21, 2009: Matt called in to talk about TABOR II, Bruce Poliquin donating $100,000 to TABOR II, and the future of the gubernatorial race:
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OCTOBER 14, 2009: Interview about Senator Snowe and the healthcare debate:
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OCTOBER 1, 2009: Interview about the Maine GOP Forum fiasco and Matt's insights on the gubernatorial race so far:
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