It was almost exactly three years ago, I remember standing in front of my TV waiting to hear the verdict (standing because I was too anxious to sit) of how Susan Collins was going to vote on the Kavanaugh nomination. I watched as she took to the floor of the Senate in her tan suit…
Several progressive candidates for school boards in towns and cities across Maine are running for elected office for the first time, each compelled to answer a renewed call for equity in schools that came as anti-racism protests swept the country after the police killing of George Floyd. The economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, they…
This week on the Beacon podcast, Esther, Ben and Mike discuss the primary and referendum election results up and down the ballot, including a game of “So you think you know Crafts.” Plus: How to give blood, an ode to Maine’s public boat launches and lessons from the dawn of the animal rights movement. Ask…
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon beat Betsy Sweet and Bre Kidman in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate by a wide margin on Tuesday night and will now seek to unseat Senator Susan Collins in November. Gideon, who was the pick of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee early in the primary, was heavily favored to…
Maine’s cases of COVID-19 have held steady or fallen in recent weeks as more of the state has re-opened. At the same time, the nation as a whole is seeing some of the highest daily case counts since the pandemic began. That may be a good comparison for the state, but it may mask some…
Senator Susan Collins, who has taken over $500,000 from the oil and gas industry during her career, is competing for her fifth term in the U.S. Senate as climate change has increasingly become a top concern for voters in Maine and across the county. Nationally, a growing share of voters list climate change as their…
Senator Susan Collins’ campaign opponents are criticized her for defending the Trump administration’s distribution of a federal stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid a nationwide shortage. Earlier this month, Collins claimed that PPE was being disseminated to states on a per-capita basis. However, an analysis by the Portland Press Herald published on Wednesday found…
Biddeford native Ross LaJeunesse ended his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Thursday. In his announcement on Medium, LaJeunesse said he believes that the best way to achieve his “original goal” of defeating Susan Collins is to rally behind a single candidate, Sara Gideon. “The truth is that our government and our economy have not…
The campaign of Green-turned-independent candidate Lisa Savage announced late Tuesday that they’ve collected enough signatures to make the November ballot, joining the winner of the June Democratic primary in challenging incumbent U.S. Senator Susan Collins. “Collins needs to be replaced for the same reason many corporate-backed politicians need to be replaced: They no longer work…
Sen. Susan Collins’ late Tuesday announcement that she would be voting down both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump was described by critics and opponents as a “craven political charade” and her reasoning was almost immediately contradicted by Trump himself. Though acknowledging Trump’s actions were “improper and demonstrated very poor judgment,” Collins argued that…