'Big, bold things' on tap for Democrats in Augusta, Nate Libby says

LEWISTON — With his former dog sitter likely to be the city’s next member of Congress, his party soon to control both the state House and state Senate, and a Democratic governor soon to take office, state Sen. Nate Libby is pretty darn happy.

In the wake of Tuesday’s successful election for Democrats in Maine, Libby’s state Senate colleagues chose Libby as the next majority leader, one of the most powerful positions in state government.

For the Lewiston lawmaker, who’s spent his legislative career battling with a combative Republican governor, the days ahead look refreshingly sweet.

He said, though, that he also feels “this enormous responsibility to deliver results” so that Mainers will see that Democrats can focus on pocketbook issues and avoid the sort of fussing and feuding that’s been a hallmark of the eight-year tenure of outgoing Gov. Paul LePage.

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