Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe's decision to retire from the Senate caused a scramble Wednesday among potential Democratic and Republican candidates just two weeks before a deadline to qualify for the June primary ballot. … Former independent Gov. Angus King and former independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler also were weighing runs. … Cutler, for his part, is a former Democrat but he told The Associated Press that if he runs, he'd do it as an independent. Also considering a bid was King, another independent. He said he'll decide within a few days even though independents aren't bound by the March 15 deadline. I'm giving it some thought for the very reason that Olympia quit. It's just not working down there and maybe we need to try something different, King said Wednesday. We have serious problems in this country but we can't begin to solve them until we solve this shrill deadlock.
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Olympia Snowe was a contemporary American politician. Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator, representing Maine for three terms from 1995 to 2013. A lifelong member of the Republican Party, Snowe played an influential role in influencing the outcome of close votes in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia →