PPH Candidate Profile: Matt Jacobson, Portland Republican

Newcomer says job creation would drive administration

By Trevor Maxwell
Staff Writer

When asked why he wants to be Maine’s next governor, Republican Matt Jacobson recalls one particular sleepless night.

Jacobson, who’s the president of a nonprofit corporation that recruits businesses to Maine, had just learned that a coveted manufacturing firm had chosen to invest elsewhere. He stayed up thinking about the young people of Maine, including his own two children, ages 8 and 4.

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