democrat zak ringelstein of your -- from yarmouth developed a program to connect classrooms around the world and taught in the portland public school district from 2016-2017 and earned a bachelor's from columbia university and a masters from arizona state university.

he joins us now from yarmouth port in massachusetts. professor painter, first of all, if you could tell us in simple terms, why the recount for this senator and governor race? whatever the vote is this close, there does need to be a recount to make sure the votes are tallied accurately —— whenever. there's always a number of ballots that are clearly marked that need to be counted again. it's critically important this recount takes place. it usually doesn't change the result, but we went through this with bush vs gore back in 2000 and i don't think the recount, if they'd continued with the recount, would have changed the result but the fact the supreme court stopped at the recount to early was very difficult for the united states, for many americans, and i think it poses trouble for the bush presidency. it's better to count every single vote. if you can get different tallies at different times, you can sort out why you did. there's no need to rush to a conclusion here. you mention the recount in florida, bush vs gore, very famous mom

in the democrat of yarmouth is a teacher who developed a program to help collect classrooms around the world. he taught in the portland public school district from 2060 to 2017 and earned a bachelors from columbia university and a masters from arizona state university. the questions in this debate come from the main public news team and as you will see later in the debate from you members of the public. we're gonna start off again in alphabetical order. in the interest of fairness we will shuffle that order over the next hour. we are going to tackle some affront burner issues. question one will be about healthcare. >> you had expressed opposition to the affordable care act. what needs to be in the aca replacement to get your support? >> for so let me say again for having me here today. i am the state senator who reformed welfare. i expanded access. into your questions taxing poor people for being too poor to afford health insurance is not a realistic solution to our problem. we need to look at market-driven solutions. the problem right now is that you have the third-party middlemen sea

democrat zak ringelstein of your -- from yarmouth developed a program to connect classrooms around the world and taught in the portland public school district from 2016-2017 and earned a bachelor's from columbia university and a masters from arizona state university. the questions in this debate come from the maine public news team and as you will see later, from members of the public. we start in alphabetical order with the first question. in the interest of fairness, we will shuffle the order in the next hour. each candidate will have one minute to respond to each question. question one will be about health care. >> eric brakey, you expressed opposition to the affordable care act but millions of americans rely on it for health insurance, what is a replacement gas what needs to be in the affordable care act replacement to get your support? -- what needs to be in the affordable care act replacement to get your support? sen. brakey: i am the state senator eric brakey the past constitutional acts as health care and the senate chairman for health and human services committee. taxing poor