{"id":54654,"date":"2023-01-30T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T15:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/me-republican-party-elects-former-assistant-house-minority-leader-joel-stetkis-to-serve-as-chair-54654"},"modified":"2023-01-30T10:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T15:52:51","slug":"me-republican-party-elects-former-assistant-house-minority-leader-joel-stetkis-to-serve-as-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/me-republican-party-elects-former-assistant-house-minority-leader-joel-stetkis-to-serve-as-chair-54654","title":{"rendered":"ME Republican Party elects former Assistant House Minority Leader Joel Stetkis to serve as chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Assistant House Minority Leader Joel Stetkis was elected to serve as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/maine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine Republican Party chair<\/a>, marking a change in direction after a disappointing midterm election for the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Former chair Demi Kouzounas was ousted during a closed-door meeting over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a new day for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine Republicans<\/a>,&#8221; Stetkis, of Canaan, said in a statement. &#8220;Electing waves of Republicans at the local level and growing our party with an eye to the future begins now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/proposal-restrict-long-term-debt-maine-create-consumer-owned-electric-utility-appear-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PROPOSAL TO RESTRICT LONG-TERM DEBT IN MAINE TO CREATE CONSUMER-OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITY TO APPEAR ON BALLOT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stetkis, who represented House District 105 from 2014 to 2022, won with 83 votes to 57 for Kouzounas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/university-maine-building-collapses-under-heavy-snow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>UNIVERSITY OF MAINE BUILDING COLLAPSES UNDER HEAVY SNOW<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The change in leadership comes after former Republican Gov. Paul LePage was handily defeated in the governor&#8217;s race, and Republicans failed to flip either legislative chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Stetkis said his &#8220;primary objective&#8221; will be to put the brakes on current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Gov. 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