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Whitman in town for the day

By Portland Press Herald Staff Report August 07, 2008 09:32 AM

FORMER NEW JERSEY GOV. CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN will be in Maine today, campaigning for Republican congressional nominee Charlie Summers.

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Christine Todd Whitman
Whitman is the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency. She will address a fundraising breakfast at 7:45 a.m. and then will join Summers on campaign stops at D & G Machine Products and Accessories Unlimited, Inc., both in Westbrook.

Summers is challenging Democrat Chellie Pingree for the 1st District seat being vacated by Democrat Tom Allen.