As the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz and Donald Trump-JD Vance campaigns pour resources into Maine to compete for electoral votes, both the Vice President and former President Trump could benefit from something more than campaign dollars: a lesson from Maine on how to fix the stalled Biden-Harris broadband rollout.

The $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, launched in 2021, has produced little beyond red tape. Despite years of effort, the program has yet to connect a single household. Bureaucracy and an overabundance of policy agendas have shackled the initiative, delaying hotly desired broadband for Americans.

Read my complete take at AEI.