Ben Chin, Democratic mayoral candidate for Lewiston, Maine, is headed to a runoff race on Dec 8. Provided to China Daily When China Daily interviewed Ben Chin in early November, the 30-year old had just outpolled the incumbent mayor of Lewiston, Maine, securing 44 percent of the vote in an election that had five candidates. But because the city’s charter says that a candidate must have 50 percent or more of the votes to be declared the winner, a runoff will take place between Chin and Republican Mayor Robert Macdonald on Dec 8. Soon after the runoff was announced, Chin, a Democrat, was back out knocking on doors and talking to potential voters in Lewiston neighborhoods.
