Gubernatorial Twitter Update #19
The state of the Maine gubernatorial race on Twitter as of Friday, October 23, 2009 7:11 P.M. EST.
We’ve added a new feature this week – a link to a search of each candidate’s mentions stream, so you can see what people are saying to (and about) them.
Independent Eliot Cutler (@Cutler2010, Mentions) is following 85, has 61 followers, and 10 Tweets. +3 Followers.
Democrat Donna Dion is following 0, has 0 followers, and 0 Tweets.
Independent Alex Hammer (@HammerForMaine, Mentions) is following 1992, has 322 followers, and 842 Tweets. +12 Followers.
Democrat Dawn Hill (@DawnHillNow, Mentions) is following 20, has 53 followers, 3 Tweets, and no picture; +1 Followers.
Republican Matt Jacobson (@jacobson4gov, Mentions) is following 785, has 1169 followers, and 132 Tweets; -3 Followers.
Republican Paul LePage (@lepage2010, Mentions) is following 10, has 33 followers, and 1 Tweet; No change.
Republican Peter Mills (@millsformaine, Mentions) is following 70, has 98 followers, and 50 Tweets; +7 Followers.
Democrat Libby Mitchell (@LibbyForGov, Mentions) is following 34, has 80 followers, and 13 Tweets; +3 Followers.
Republican Les Otten (@LesOtten, Mentions) is following 161, has 200 followers, and 65 Tweets; +4 Followers.
Republican Bruce Poliquin (@BruceForME, Mentions) is following 165, has 208 followers, and 252 Tweets; +7 Followers.
Democrat Steven Rowe (@Steven_Rowe, Mentions) is following 490, has 372 followers, and 98 Tweets; +22 Followers.
Democrat Rosa Scarcelli (@rosascarcelli, Mentions) is following 371, has 328 followers, and 204 Tweets; +17 Followers.
Green Independent Lynne Williams (@Lynne4Governor, Mentions) is following 25, has 85 followers, and 82 Tweets; +2 Followers.
Gains were low this week for most gubernatorial candidates. Only three candidates broke double digits in new followers. Democrats Steve Rowe and Rosa Scarcelli posted the biggest gains. They are still far behind Republican Matt Jacobson in number of followers. Jacobson still dominates the field in number of followers with no clear challenger in sight yet.
This week saw some of the most interaction between candidates and Tweeters yet. A comment by Matt Jacobson concerning his position on Question 1 sparked a large debate. Jacobson engaged in discussion on the heated issue. He did his best to his position intelligently within the 140 character limit. Jacobson displayed possibly the best interaction of a Maine politician and users on Twitter to date. He showed that the medium really can lead to meaningful dialogs. Pine Tree Politics and Mike Desjardins both covered this issue extensively already.
