Baldacci Touts Maine Policies Convention-Goers Hear of State's Health Care, Job Retention

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BOSTON - Gov. John Baldacci told a rapidly filling Democratic National Convention on Tuesday that Mainers needed new leadership in Washington to help the state maintain its forerunner status in providing health care and attempting to spur job creation.

"It is obvious we need a new administration that puts people first," said Baldacci, New England's lone Democratic governor, whose address from the convention's FleetCenter stage prompted a standing ovation from the Maine delegation and a few members of the neighboring Florida contingent.

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Baldacci Touts Maine Policies Convention-Goers Hear of State's Health Care, Job Retention

Baldacci's speech, like others before it in the early evening time slot, ran about three minutes. During ...

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