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In his campaign commercials, Republican Les Otten – who finished second in the GOP gubernatorial primary – raised his right hand and took a pledge not to raise taxes.

At an event this week designed to show party unity, Otten raised his hand again, but for a different reason.

“I pledge not to support Eliot Cutler,” he said.

He also joked about his second place finish.

“One of the great honors that is bestowed upon the first runner up...I get the little tiara,” Otten said. “I get to introduce the guy who's going to wear the big tiara.”

 

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Susan Cover began covering Maine politics in 2002, following reporting positions in Ohio, Rhode Island and Kansas. She is a graduate of Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio and has a master's degree from the S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University.

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