Just as the Red Sox proved the critics wrong, Maine can compete and can win.

Merrill received a surprising 21% narrowly defeating Baldacci among unenrolled voters. In 2004 Baldacci signed executive order 13 FY 04/05 titled "An Order Concerning Access to State Services By All Entitled Maine Residents" which among other things prohibited state employees from inquiring about immigration status when people apply for public assistance or services. The law passed but opponents of the law initiated a referendum to overturn the law.

state of Maine from 2003 until 2011. John Elias Baldacci (born January 30 1955) is an American politician who served as the 73rd Governor of the U. A Democrat he also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.