
PORTLAND, MAINE — Maine’s chief financial watchdog wants a promotion.
Matt Dunlap, the Democrat running against Republican former Gov. Paul LePage in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, has spent nearly five years as state auditor. During that time, Somali-run home-care agencies have drawn tens of millions of dollars from MaineCare out of offices where nobody seemed to work.
Dunlap didn’t tackle the issue until a major scandal forced his hand.
‘Mainers can’t trust him with their tax dollars, and they won’t trust him with their vote.’
When Dunlap sought the auditor job in 2020, after more than a decade as secretary of state, he admitted he was “utterly unqualified” for it. Maine law gave Dunlap nine months to earn a professional auditing credential.
He failed the test.
Dunlap had to
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