Good morning from Augusta, where the newly seated Maine House of Representatives includes five people who don’t identify as either Democrat or Republican. It’s the largest number of independents elected to the House in more than a century. But, collectively, they are not expected to wield much clout after Democrats surged to a strong majority in last month’s elections.
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