These are not normal times, and Maine can’t afford a normal governor. We need someone who knows Augusta’s pressure points, understands where the federal threats are landing, and has the relationships to fight back. That person is Hannah Pingree.

I spent most of my life as a Republican. I left when the GOP stopped being about governance and started being about grievance. This year I became a Democrat — specifically to vote for Pingree.

She served as speaker of the Maine House, then spent six years tackling the opioid crisis, expanding broadband and driving Maine’s clean energy transition. Gov. Mills — who has worked alongside all the Democratic candidates — has called her “the only candidate I trust to never back down” and “ready to lead on Day One.”

Maine needs a governor who can get the snow plowed and stand firm when Washington comes for us. Hannah Pingree is ready.

Christian Berle 
Yarmouth