Given her support for the SAVE America Act, it is becoming increasingly clear that Sen. Susan Collins believes she cannot win reelection without disenfranchising thousands of Maine voters. The good works she touts — like releasing $4.3 million for additional home heating aid and securing $65 million for rural infrastructure projects — are apparently not […]
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Graham Platner, supporters celebrate as Janet Mills ends U.S. Senate bid
With the governor out of the race, Platner is turning his attention to a likely general election matchup against Susan Collins.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor
It’s time for Susan Collins to go | Letter
As our leader in chief practices his battleship diplomacy, trying to intimidate and frighten countries and regimes into bending to his bidding through use of bombs, blockades, invasions and rhetoric, he has cast the United States as a worldwide pariah. Our allies have refused to assist in the quagmire he has created in the Middle […]
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Time to shine an even brighter light on Graham Platner | Letter
Outstanding questions regarding earnings and disability payments need to be asked again … and answered.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins
Can we take a moment to appreciate Janet Mills? | Steve Collins
Maine’s first woman governor has been consistently courageous and compassionate in tough times.
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Live updates: Graham Platner to skip Democratic Senate primary debates after Janet Mills drops out
Meanwhile, Mills declined to immediately endorse Platner as he gears up for a likely head-to-head matchup with Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Coverage of Maine’s US Senate candidates has been incomplete | Letter
Recently, more than one letter to the editor has implied that there are only two Democratic candidates running to contest Sen. Susan Collins in the fall election. I was particularly disturbed by an April 11 letter from Lawrence Kaplan, MDS, “Pull back the curtain on Graham Platner.” To quote Mr. Kaplan, “As a card-carrying Democrat […]
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In matchup of brains vs. brawn, take Janet Mills | Letter
I am disappointed that Graham Platner is leading Gov. Mills in the polls. He is saying what people want to hear, but does he know how to govern? Janet Mills worked her way up. She knows policy and governance inside out. Has her opponent spent any time in public service? Platner’s military service was an […]
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Platner-Mills rivalry could be catastrophic | Letter
If you’re disappointed come June, you had better get over it by November.
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I like that we know who Janet Mills is | Letter
Like so many of us, I fight to keep my head above water with the firehose of political and news assaults. As exhausting as it is, I try hard to keep my eyes on the multiple balls that barrage my daily orbit. Maine’s U.S. Senate race is no exception. This June, I’ll be voting for […]