Brewer quoted in BDN article on Lewiston mayoral race
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Lewiston wasn’t ready for change, but is Maine?” In relation to Lewiston’s mayoral runoff election, Brewer said “a little bit of everything,” such as incumbency, the campaign, the city’s divides and national factors, led to conservative incumbent Robert Macdonald winning against progressive activist Ben Chin. Even though the campaign happened during the rise of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Brewer said he thinks that race had little impact. “Put Donald Trump back on ‘The Celebrity Apprentice,’” he said, “and the outcome would still be the same in this race.”