household has also included a young man from Jamaica, whom he calls an adopted son. LePage and his wife purchased a home in Boothbay on July 30, 2014, for $215,000 that they intended to live in once his term as governor had concluded. Just before the 2018 election to select his successor, he stated that he would move to Florida for a majority of the year and become a legal resident there in order to pay no income tax and less in property taxes. He also sold the Boothbay residence. He did return to Maine in June 2019 to take a job as a bartender at McSeagulls Restaurant in Boothbay, where Ann already had a job as a server while he was governor. The restaurant owner stated hiring LePage was not a publicity stunt, citing the difficulty of hiring new workers. LePage and Ann DeRosby have had conflicts with Florida tax authorities since they have claimed full-time residence in the state while not fulfilling the requirement to live there for the required amount of time to do so. He is a self-described "French Catholic" who believes in God. LePage revealed to radio station WLOB on January 11, 2017, that he had undergone bariatric surgery and lost , after his doctor warned that he was at risk of diabetes if he did not lose weight. It was unclear whether the procedure was paid for by his state health insurance or out of pocket. Electoral history Notes References Further reading Lepage Tax Exemption External links Official campaign website LePage 2010 campaign website (archived) LePage 2014 campaign website |- |- |- |- 1948 births 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American politicians American consulting businesspeople American expatriates in Canada American people of French-Canadian descent Businesspeople from Maine Catholics from Maine Governors of Maine Husson University alumni LePage Administration Living people Maine Republicans Mayors of Waterville, Maine Politicians from Lewiston, Maine Republican Party governors of Maine Thomas College alumni University of Maine alumni American bartenders Lewiston High School (Maine) alumni