David Hogg, the Democratic former official challenging his party’s congressional leadership, is citing age as he opposes the entrance of Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) into the Maine Senate race.
Hogg, who runs the progressive outside group Leaders We Deserve, endorsed Graham Platner, 41, on Tuesday, the same day Mills announced her campaign for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).
Platner, an oyster farmer and Marine veteran who launched his campaign in August, has successfully courted the Left, including an endorsement from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), but the entrance of Mills, 77, has made the race emblematic of a deeper generational divide after Democrats were swept out of power last November.
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JANET MILLS’ MAINE SENATE RUN SETS UP GENERATIONAL CLASH AMONG DEMOCRATS
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