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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsME-SEN: Gideon announces she will challenge Collins in 2020
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon announced Monday she will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in 2020.
Gideon, a four-term representative from Freeport, said she will run against Collins because Mainers deserve a senator who will always put our state first.
Gideon, 47, a Democrat, has flirted with the idea of a Senate run since last fall, when Collins faced enormous pressure over her vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Gideon is in her fourth and final term in the Maine House and has been speaker for the last two.
It was widely assumed that the House speaker regarded as a top Democratic contender in the 2020 race would wait until after the Legislature adjourned to announce a Senate bid.
Gideon has also led the charge during the legislative session on several bedrock Democratic issues including expanding access to abortion and offering paid family leave that could play well with many swing female voters in Maine.
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/06/24/gideon-announces-she-will-challenge-collins-in-2020/
pecosbob
(7,543 posts)if I ever see or hear of Susan Collins again it will be too soon.
Wounded Bear
(58,708 posts)I'm with you.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)should be an interesting race since Collins' popularity seems to be tanking in Maine