Tom Allen
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"Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allen" is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing , and the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic nominee for the United States Senate/U.S. Senate in Maine United States Senate election, 2008/2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins (61.5% to 38.5%).

Allen was first elected in United States House elections, 1996/1996, defeating United States Republican Party/Republican incumbent James Longley, Jr. with 55 percent of votes cast to Longley's 45 percent. Allen was re-elected five times, receiving over 55 percent of the vote each time in his district, until his defeat in his 2008 run for the U.S. Senate. After, Allen was appointed president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers and began his term on May 1, 2009. His book Dangerous Convictions: What's Really Wrong with the U.S. Congress came out in 2013.

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We feel he really developed in the offseason. He worked very, very hard.

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Neither one of those guys had ever played there, but they both stepped up. And (tackle) Mark Crawford, prior to last week, he hadn't played since eighth grade, but he's 6-2, 295 (pounds) with good speed. The whole group is so raw, but the technique will come. There is great upside.

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We got a lot of guys in the mix at defensive tackle right now so we're not even 100 percent sure who the starters are going to be.

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Traditionally, our offensive line is depleted every year. Seniors usually dominate it so this is unusual for us. We normally have a starter or two back in the skill positions, but we have the opposite of that this year.

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He's a great athlete and is going to play both ways for us at wide receiver and corner back.

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The best thing about our team is we have a lot of kids that nobody really knows about. But in time, we feel like they will emerge.

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We're a company in transition with new employees.

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Every time you play Penn, you know it's going to be a hard-fought game. We've gone there three times since I've been here, and every time it has gone down to the last play or last possession. Our kids really love going there.

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There aren't as many unknowns. I want to maximize our players' strengths by being multiple.

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