Susan Collins just got her toughest challenger in the 2020 Maine Senate race
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon will run for Senate in Maine in the race to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Sen. Susan Collins speaks to reporters as she arrives for a nomination vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 13, 2017.Democratic Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon will run for U.S. Senate, giving endangered Republican Sen. Susan Collins her most notable challenger yet in a growing field. While Gideon appears to have support from national Democrats, she still has to get through a Democratic primary to face Collins. Liberal activist and statehouse lobbyist Betsy Sweet — who finished third in the Maine gubernatorial primary last year — and lawyer Bre Kidman will also run for Senate as Democrats.
Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, which has allowed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to confirm President Donald Trump's judicial and executive branch nominees while stifling nearly all of the legislation that comes out of the Democratic-held House. Democrats see Collins as one of their top targets as they try to flip four GOP-held seats and gain control of the chamber.
The 66-year-old Collins heads into the 2020 election cycle facing more furor than she ever has in her career. Democrats — who worry Kavanaugh's confirmation threatens abortion rights — have slammed Collins for her vote last year to put the justice on the top U.S. court.
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