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Municipal officials to ask governor to call special election for House District 24 vacancy
Summary
At a Bangor City workshop, participants agreed to ask the governor to initiate a special election to fill the vacancy in House District 24 after Rep. Joe Perry was elected state treasurer; officials said the race would likely be limited to that district and could be scheduled in March, though logistics remain unclear.
Officials at a Bangor City workshop agreed to ask the governor to call a special election to fill the vacancy in House District 24 after Representative Joe Perry was elected state treasurer, a speaker said.
"As many of you know, on Dec. 4, the legislature had elected Representative Joe Perry to serve as state treasurer," Speaker 2 said, adding that under state statute municipal officials must request that the governor start the special-election process to fill the vacant House seat. "Unless there's an objection, we will go ahead and ask the governor to start…
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