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You had a thirty eight percent increase... you were in charge of the children's well-being in the state of Maine

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Bobby Charles, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (Maine Public)

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Why we checked itA 38% increase in a metric related to children's well-being under the opponent's watch is a specific, verifiable statistical claim that could meaningfully affect voter perception of the opponent's record.
What we foundThe '38 percent increase' figure does not cleanly match any single authoritative metric for children's well-being during Pingree's tenure; the most-cited maltreatment increase is 30%, a ~40% foster care rise covers 2018–2022, and a 37% figure covers only 2019–2020, making the specific '38 percent' imprecise, while Pingree's role as head of the Children's Cabinet was real but indirect.
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