The 2010 gubernatorial field is quickly getting crowded. Today, Dawn Hill, a second-term state Representative from York jumped into the race for the Democratic nomination. Hill is a lawyer and owns a dog daycare center called "It's a Dog's World".

Yesterday, Les Otten, a businessman whose most recent venture is Maine Energy Systems in Bethel and whom MaineBiz described as "one of Maine's most admired and reviled entrepreneurs" announced that he will take steps to form an exploratory committee early next week. He will likely seek the Republican nomination.

Someone is currently in the process of building a campaign site for Otten. Visiting www.lesotten.com/test and hitting "cancel" a few times brings up a page with the title "Les Otten for Governor" along with some malformed code and the phrase "It's imperative that the center of the Earth is re-conquored [sic] from the Decepticons, as soon as possible. The fate of the universe is in our hands." I really hope that's part of his official campaign platform.

Update: The page has been removed from public view and Otten's web firm has issued a clarification.