Fact-checking the first Maine governor’s race debate between Janet Mills and Paul LePage

Fact-checking the first Maine governor’s race debate between Janet Mills and Paul LePage

Canddiate disputes over taxes and spending, immigration, opioid crisis

Analysis: The key moments from the 1st Paul LePage and Janet Mills debate

The long-awaited first debate between Gov. Janet Mills and former Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday and will be most remembered for a drawn-out and confusing exchange that led the Republican challenger to eventually say he would veto a 15-week abortion ban.LePage took a more aggressive tack that seemed to confirm his posture as the underdog, calling Mills a “liar” early on while he was the one who had to be checked on facts. The incumbent was more eve…