US EditionIn Maine, a brewery owner and an oyster farmer hope to upend the establishment and oust Susan Collins from the Senate
Eight Democrats, including a brewery owner and oyster farmer, aim to unseat Senator Collins over her support for controversial policies and figures, impacting Maine's health and economy.
- Next year, eight Democrats have registered with the Federal Elections Commission to challenge Senator Susan Collins in Maine, forming a growing Democratic field that has sparked public interest.
- Collins' confirmation vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposed intrastate splits as Senator Susan Collins approved him despite no medical training, while Sen. Angus King voted No.
- The CDC leadership shake-up included the director's dismissal and the resignations of four other CDC officials after only weeks on the job.
- During a Kennebec County tour, Governor Janet Mills criticized President Trump's tariffs for raising goods costs and warned the Republican-controlled Congress's recent law would cause devastating health care cuts.
- Governor Janet Mills said Monday she is increasingly disturbed by recent developments and is mulling what she can do, while some Maine residents urge Senator Susan Collins not to seek reelection.
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Susan Collins should not seek reelection
Sen. Susan Collins is no longer her usual “concerned.” Now she’s “extremely alarmed” that President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after just weeks on the job. And that led to the resignations of four other CDC officials. […]
‘I'm just trying to give a damn about my community’: Graham Platner on his run for Senate in Maine
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and military veteran running in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, says he isn’t a typical politician and is proud of it. He told Ali Velshi, “I just think that we need to send regular working people up to Washington to represent regular working people.” He hopes his working-class background and economic populist campaign will unseat five-term Republican Senator Susan Collins, whom Platner calls, “Someone wh…
In Maine, a brewery owner and an oyster farmer hope to upend the establishment and oust Susan Collins from the Senate
The eclectic Democratic field in Maine seeking to end the nearly 30-year run of Republican Sen. Susan Collins includes a brewery owner, an oyster farmer and a former congressional staffer who was in grade school when the senator was first elected.
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