Brian Duff interviewed by MPBN radio for an profile of Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree

Brian Duff, Ph.D., UNE associate professor of political science, was interviewed for a Oct. 16, 2012 MPBN radio election story profiling Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.

Duff says unless Pingree commits a serious error in the next few weeks, she should be heading back to Washington next year.

"It would take a scandal; it would take saying something really unexpected at the debates," Duff says. And that, he says, would be a huge surprise. "Chellie Pingree seems to be a disciplined candidate, she's done well in her previous campaigns, and she doesn't seem prone to major slipups." Listen to the entire story.

Duff is the author of The Parent as Citizen: A Democratic Dilemma. He has also published research on feminist theory, voting, and the politics of race and ethnicity.