Editorial Board picks Mills for governor

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Yet somehow, there are still applicants for the position. Of the four candidates for governor whose names appear on the ballot this year, we find that Attorney General Janet Mills best fills the requirements for the state most complicated job.

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But on the opinion side of the organization, we see candidate endorsements as both a tradition and a duty that provides a service to readers not by telling them how to vote, but by walking them through our reasoning.

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