“Frankly, I think I might scare [the parties], and that would be a good thing.”

— Angus King

As quoted in "Angus King joins race for Senate" by Jonathan Riskind in The Kennebec Journal (6 March 2012) http://www.kjonline.com/news/angus-king-joins-race-for-senate_2012-03-05.html

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United States Senator from Maine 1944

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