Retired Air Force general joins race for U.S. Senate in Maine
Source: Portland Press-Herald
Jon Treacy, an Oxford County Democrat and retired Air Force general, confirmed Tuesday that he will run a primary campaign for his party’s nomination to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in 2020.
Treacy, a 34-year veteran of the Air Force who retired as a two-star major general, filed nomination papers for the seat in July. He joins three other Democratic hopefuls, including Speaker of the Maine House Sara Gideon, long-time progressive activist and lobbyist Betsy Sweet and Bre Kidman, a Saco attorney.
“I absolutely believe our nation has been led down the wrong path into serious trouble — and consequently the state of Maine suffers as well,” Treacy said in a prepared statement issued by his campaign. “I spent my career serving this country but is our government serving us now?”
Gideon is leading the Democratic field in building a campaign war chest, so far raising just over $1 million, with an estimated $919,000 cash on hand at the end of the last federal filing in June.
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DSCC has endorsed Gideon.
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for the GE. 