A hotly-contested Republican state-senate primary is brewing in the easternmost region of the U.S., along the shores of the Atlantic.
The spirited Senate District 6 contest pits term-limited House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham of Hancock County against former state Rep. Kenneth “Bucket” Davis of Washington County.
The majority of votes are in Washington County but Faulkingham is arguing he knows the coast and its peculiarities as well as or better than Davis does.
Republican Marianne Moore of Calais, the outgoing incumbent who is term-limited, is campaigning for Davis, who claims he understands Down East culture better than his opponent.
He is from East Machias while Faulkingham lives farther west, in Winter Harbor.
Davis, who served as maintenance and transportation supervisor for local schools, has also been a selectman.
Faulkingham is a longtime lobsterman who is active on social media.
The region is overwhelmingly Republican, so that party would be the favorite in the general election.
