Maine Maine joins the racing factory to confront the Senator, the Republican Party, Susan Collins
Dan Kleban is betting that there is something to brew in Maine, and he does not talk about the latest pale beer of his company.
Kalban, a democratic, one of the founders of Main Bear, says that Meraz has lost confidence in the Republican Senator. Susan Collins before her re -election race next year, so he jumps to the race to defeat her.
“The cost of living here is very high,” Kalban said in an interview on Tuesday. Kalban said Collins “went Washington and stopped searching for Mainers.”
“People here are struggling,” added two dogs later. “We are a handful of hard workers here. We don’t ask for much. We do not ask for brochures. All we ask is to get a just shaking.”
The race is essential for any road to the majority of the Democratic Senate next year, when the party needs net four seats to control the room. The increasing preliminary elections may send broader signals on the state of the Democratic Party outside the state of Min.
Collins is the only Republican Senator in one of former Vice President Kamala Harris last year, making her first goal in Democrats.
It was difficult to overcome Collins, who had not officially announced that she was nominated for his re -election. She was first elected in 1996, and has strengthened personal relations with voters and has proven that she suffers from an appeal from the two parties. She won her in her fifth period in 2020 by 9 points, even when President Donald Trump Min lost the same margin. Last year, Trump Maine lost 7 points.
Kalban and other Democrats believe that Collins may be more likely for this year, although it has separated from Trump by opposing the signing tax reduction and spending law, known as the “Beautiful Big Law”. Kalban noted that Collins voted to strengthen this legislation before it eventually opposed it and described its actions as “the usual bulls inside the capital — the politics that people are tired.”
Democrats have already started trying to paint Collins as the inside in Washington. The majority of the attackers, the non -profit arm of the main Democrats in the Senate, launched $ 700,000 Advertising Against Collins on Tuesday, it knocks on the trading of Congress shares.
But Democrats will first have to deal with the growing primary field that now includes two clip, as well as the oyster farms Graham Blatner, an old warrior in the army and the shellfish. Jordan Wood, who was the Chief of Staff in Katie Porter, extended California, when she was at home; David Costilo, a former USA official and Maryland government.
Democratic ruler Janet Mills, who cannot run for his re -election due to the limits of the duration, is also studying the candidacy against Collins. She is recently Local correspondents said It will be decided by mid -November.
Platter and wood they have Both pledged to stay in the race If Mils jumps. Kalban refused to say if he would do the same, saying: “We will cross this bridge when we come to it.”
Meanwhile, democratic primaries are already heated.
Senator Bernie Sanders, I, Blatter supported During the weekend and Appear In one of his gatherings, “Fighting the Qal” on Monday.
When asked about Sanders’s involvement, Kalban said he did not know Blatter and that he would continue to focus on his own campaign.
The self -described “Baghghamati” clip is to clarify his work as a small business owner. And pressures for the martyrdom of a person in his party, who sees as a strong leader, and pointed to Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona.
Kulaib said that he sympathizes with Mainers who struggle to meet their needs, noting that he and his brother launched Min Bir after he was discharged from his job during the great recession period. With the slogan “Do what is right”, in which he highlighted Video launching his campaignKulaiban said that his company also grew with the contribution of money in environmental groups, and paid its employees a “living wage” and covering the health insurance costs.
Two Did Collins praise? Again in 2015 for its work on the tax exemption for small companies, which he likened in the interview with the broken watch is still “right twice a day”. He admitted that Collins had achieved some good, but accused her of losing her with Miners, pointing to her voices to confirm the Supreme Court judge Brett Cavano in 2020 and Robert F. Kennedy Junior as Minister of Health and Humanitarian Services this year.
If Kalban prevails in the introductory elections, he will be nominated against Collins as a democratic amid low assessments of his parties, but he sees a way forward for Democrats.
“What I will do is to provide an inspirational vision for the future. How will we make their lives better and not stumble in social issues?” He said he is planning to focus on improving access to housing at reasonable prices and good health care.
“We need to prove that we can be the party that makes people better,” he said.