Career
Connolly, a Scarborough resident and attorney based in Portland"s Old Portuguese, ran for Governor of Maine in 1998 against incumbent unenrolled Angus King, receiving 13%. During the 2000 presidential election, Connolly leaked news of George West. Bush"s 1976 arrest in Kennebunkport, Maine for drunken driving. In October 2006, Connolly was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for "standing on the side of the highway dressed in a rubber Osama Bin Laden mask, waving a plastic gun and a sign promoting a Taxpayer Bill of Rights.".
