The Associated Press reports Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush have scored primary victories in Maine.

Although the rest of the country may be caught up in the heat of political battle, Professor L. Sandy Maisel of Colby College writes things may be quiet in Maine.
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  POPULATION: 1,244,250

  ELECTORAL VOTES: 4

  STATE CAPITAL: Augusta

  GOVERNOR: Angus S. King (I)

  SENATORS: Olympia Snowe (R) 1994-2000,
  Susan Collins(R) 1996-2002

  HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES: 2 Democrats

  1996 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE:
  Clinton 53%
  Dole 32%
  Perot 15%

  1992 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE:
  Clinton 39%
  Bush 31%
  Perot 31%

  PRIMARIES/CAUCUSES:
  March 7 -- Democratic and Republican Primaries

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