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Senate power struggle fuels Maine race

Intrigue over the allegiance of popular former governor

By Bobby Caina Calvan

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 19, 2012

Maine’s former governor, Angus King, who served two terms as an independent, certainly needed no introduction as he strolled into a barbershop, an insurance agency, and a pub in Kennebunk. “Just shaking hands and getting warmed up,’’ he said, as he campaigned for the US Senate. But for all the name recognition he enjoys, Republicans and Democrats are befuddled over King’s refusal to reveal his true political identity - an issue that could loom large in the race to replace retiring GOP Senator Olympia Snowe.

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