The race for the Republican nomination in Maine’s second congressional district is heating up, and the attack ads are beginning to roll out. Today, candidate Kevin Raye released this ad attacking his primary opponent Bruce Poliquin. While the claims of the ad were judged as “mostly true” by the Portland Press Herald, the “cute little baby” featured at the end has become the star of the ad.
@mikeshepherdME @KevinRaye2014 lets be honest, this is the most exciting moment of the #ME02 race. #mepolitics
— BJ McCollister (@BJMcCollister) May 20, 2014
BREAKING: @KevinRaye2014 campaign manager says baby IS from 2nd district. Pursuing more detail on ID. #mepolitics #ME02
— Michael Shepherd (@mikeshepherdME) May 20, 2014
When #babygate becomes a thing, you know its a slow day in #mepolitics
— Derek Lane (@dereklane09) May 20, 2014
Maine voters want to know. #babygate #mepolitics @BenGoodman: @mikeshepherdME birth certificate?
— Mark Noble (@noblemark) May 20, 2014
@dfarmer14 probably safe to say not a Koch Baby #babygate #mepolitics
— Lance Boucher (@LBoucher77) May 20, 2014
All these baby tweets would be unnecessary if @BrucePoliquin and @KevinRaye2014 had worked together to pass a Baby ID law. #mepolitics
— Bruce Bourgoine (@BruceBourgoine) May 20, 2014
@mikeshepherdME Find that baby. Interview it. What are its hopes. Its dreams? Fears? What keeps it awake at night? #ME02 #mepolitics
— Randy Billings (@randybillings) May 20, 2014
Per Raye's staff, the baby is his great-great-nephew.