Outsider's Win in St. John Valley Brings Paradis Political Dynasty to End

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MADAWASKA - A retired paperworker dismantled the Paradis Democratic political machine in northern Aroostook County on Tuesday by gaining the Democratic primary nod in Maine House District 2.

Charles Kenneth Theriault's win, the biggest political overthrow in decades in northern Maine, came when he earned 57 percent of the vote to incumbent Frenchville Democrat Rosaire Paradis' 43 percent. The election ended a Paradis family dynasty which had either Paradis or his wife, Judy Paradis, serving in the Maine Legislature through the last two decades.

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Outsider's Win in St. John Valley Brings Paradis Political Dynasty to End

Theriault may well be the next representative for House District 2. The Republican seeking t...

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