While we're on the subject of corrections, that's welfare rolls.

Le Page was re-elected and is in his second term as governor, but Maine is a very leftist state. After being ruled by progressives for over 30 years enough people, especially with a big block from the rural areas, were fed up enough to elect him in three way races, but there has been harassment through law suits, resistance in the legislature, and constant smears in the media.

The state is not in good condition, with business, investment, and people having been driven out of the state for decades. Private property rights are especially still under attack by the viros. In particular there is the all too common problem of an urban/suburban majority ruling over a rural minority and beleaguered wood products industry spread out across the state. Calling current events "catching a reform vision" is an overstatement. The establishment wants to go back to progressive deterioration.

Maine is a small state in population (only a few million despite the large land area) tucked away in the northeastern corner of the country and few people elsewhere know what has been going on. If you want to see how bad things can get with progressives running at state look at what has happened to Maine.