Chuck Ellis welcomes William Austin, campaign manager for Robert Wessels’ 2026 run for governor, to talk about grassroots, volunteer-driven campaigning and the need for strong Get Out The Vote operations in Maine. William shares how he came from a Midwest farm town to volunteer full-time in Maine.
They look at lessons from Janet Beaudoin’s narrow special election loss in Lewiston’s House District 94, which came down largely to absentee ballots, and what the volunteer door-knocking, calling and texting effort showed about closing the gap.
