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Kevin Raye of Perry, a realtor, small-business owner and former chief of staff to former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, served as the 114th president of the Maine Senate.

We live in gut-wrenching times. News of Wednesday’s evil cold-blooded murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is the latest in a sickening string of heinous acts of violence against public figures. In the just past few years, we’ve seen:

Republican members of Congress practicing for a charity baseball game come under gunfire, with House Republican Whip Steve Scalise gravely wounded .

A conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov. G

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