
Maine’s Democrat Gov. Janet Mills, 78, has suspended her Senate campaign which she hoped would unseat five-term incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).
According to reports, Mills attributed her decision to suspend her campaign to a lack of money to successfully compete against her progressive primary challenger, Graham Platner, an oysterman.
She bragged of her political achievements, including expanding abortion:
As District Attorney, Attorney General and, now, as Governor, I have always fought for Maine people. Together, we’ve expanded health care, fully funded education, guaranteed free community college and free school meals, protected reproductive freedom, and made our state more resilient to the pollution and violent storms caused by climate change. Yet, these efforts have been undermined by a Republican administration that is blind to science, deaf to the cries of those in need of medical care, and ignorant of the needs of regular families.
Mills said when she decided to run for
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