2012 U.S. Senate Election
In November 2011, Dunlap took out the necessary paperwork to run against incumbent three-term Republican Olympia Snowe, who announced on February 28, 2012, that she had decided not to seek reelection. On March 14, 2012, Dunlap filed with the office of the Maine Secretary of State the signatures necessary to qualify for the June primary ballot. Dunlap has been endorsed by former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Glenn Cummings, the Maine chapter of the League of Young Voters, and the Communications Workers of America Local 1400, among others.
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