Hello from Augusta. Residency may again be an issue in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin sold his in-district home in January, but his political adviser says he’s still living in an apartment there under a rental agreement.
Poliquin moved into the family home before his first run for Congress and it was a major campaign issue. The Republican and Waterville native lived in an oceanside home in coastal Georgetown in the 1st District before his first run for Congress in 2014. He still owns that home — which is valued at $3.4 million by the town — but he registered to vote from the family home in Oakland along Messalonskee Lake in 2013.
His residence in the district was a major issue in the 2014 primary for the 2nd District seat against former Maine Senate President Kevin Raye, but he overcame it and it was talked about less and less in his 2014 and 2016 general election campaigns against Democrat Emily Cain.
He was planning to look for a new home after selling this one, but he has a lease now. The Morning Sentinel reported last year that Poliquin’s home was on the market and a spokesman said he was looking to downsize and find another home in the area. However, he sold it in early January to a Winslow couple, according to the deed.
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