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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 05:02 PM Apr 2019

Saco lawyer Bre Kidman seeks Democratic backing to challenge Susan Collins

A new Democratic candidate has emerged to challenge the reelection of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a four-term Maine Republican who is among the most prominent GOP politicians in the country.

Bre Kidman, a 31-year-old Saco attorney, said Sunday that since no other Democrats were jumping at the opportunity, someone had to take on the task.

Kidman said Collins once stood out as “a real good moderate” but has turned ever more toward President Donald Trump and a hardcore Republican agenda, perhaps for fundraising reasons.

When a possible Democratic contender, Susan Rice, former national security adviser for President Barack Obama, recently declared that she wouldn’t run, Kidman called it a sign “that means I do this.”

Read more: https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/04/22/saco-lawyer-bre-kidman-seeks-democratic-backing-to-challenge-susan-collins/

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Saco lawyer Bre Kidman seeks Democratic backing to challenge Susan Collins (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2019 OP
Anyone from Maine know if she has the chops to carry it off? MH1 Apr 2019 #1

MH1

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1. Anyone from Maine know if she has the chops to carry it off?
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 05:32 PM
Apr 2019

Or just trying to build name recognition for some next step?

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