In his U.S. House race, former Maine Governor Paul LePage throws a little French into a campaign ad. It might be the first time we’ve seen French spoken in an American ad for a candidate running for Congress.

Former Gov. Paul LePage is the first candidate I can recall running a bilingual French-English ad — and using it to take a hard line on illegal immigration pic.twitter.com/gO4TSchafD — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) September 22, 2026

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