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Joe Baldacci wins backing of national Democratic committee in 2nd District primary
Maine Public | By Kevin Miller
Published May 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM EDT
Picking up on an earlier Mastodon Post, the DCCC has come out in support of Joe Baldacci. To my way of thinking, endorsing a Democratic primary candidate before Democrats have had a chance to vote is questionable at best. Who remembers the resounding success of the Democratic establishment doing all they could to screw Bernie Sanders chances of defeating future president Hillary Clinton? This is not to say anything negative about Joe Baldacci. When I was a kid, Bangor ME Democratic meetings tended to occur at the Baldacci's restaurant, The Baltimore. Il Ristorante Sotto Il Ponte. Joe Baldacci would make an excellent candidate, no doubt. In a democracy, though, it seems to me to be best to let democracy run its course, which the DCCC emphatically is not doing.
Off topic, but The Baltimore was one heck of a terrific restaurant.
Joe Baldacci wins backing of national Democratic committee in 2nd District primary
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is the national campaign arm of the House Democratic caucus, hadn't backed any of the four primary candidates since Congressman Jared Golden announced last fall that he wouldn't seek a fifth term.