CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sen. Elizabeth Warren jumped into the 2020 presidential campaign Monday, offering a message of economic populism as she became the best-known Democratic candidate yet to enter what is expected to be a crowded race. Warren’s announcement that she was establishing an exploratory committee – the legal precursor to a run – came […]
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Crowdfunding of Collins opponent in 2020 likely faces legal challenge
The campaign started modestly Aug. 16: Raise $50,000 from 1,000 donors to send a message to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. By Aug. 21, the goalpost had moved to $200,000 — then to $500,000 … $1 million … $1.5 million … $2 million and rising. By the time Collins had cast her decisive vote […]
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Susan Rice to decide after midterms if she will run against Susan Collins
Susan E. Rice, a former national security adviser to President Barack Obama, said Sunday that she will decide after the November elections whether to launch a bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, claiming the lawmaker has “betrayed women across this country.” Rice’s comments came in the wake of Collins’s decision to support President Donald […]
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Fundraising tied to Susan Collins’ vote on Kavanaugh surpasses $1 million
An unusual fundraising technique tying the release of campaign funds to how Maine Sen. Susan Collins votes on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh reached a milestone on Tuesday, going over $1 million. The “Be A Hero” campaign – coordinated by national health activist Ady Barkan, and liberal groups Mainers for Accountable Leadership and the Maine People’s Alliance […]
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Doctor who was disciplined had clashes with patients over Trump
A Maine doctor who announced she would challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in the 2020 election was reprimanded and placed on probation, in part, because of disputes she had with her patients over President Trump. A 23-page consent agreement between Dr. Cathleen London of Milbridge and the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine, dated Aug. […]
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Maine physician declares she will challenge Collins in 2020
MILBRIDGE — A longtime physician who moved to Maine three years ago announced Monday she plans to run as a Democrat against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in 2020. Dr. Cathleen London said the state’s four-term Republican senator “has forgotten who she represents.” “Rather than putting her constituents first, it has become apparent that when it […]
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Maine doctor says she is likely to challenge Susan Collins for Senate in 2020
A Down East physician who is “tired of seeing what’s going on” in Washington is likely to declare within weeks that she will challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election in 2020. “I can’t sit idly by and just watch this,” Cathleen London, who practices in Milbridge, said Friday. “I can’t keep watching this train wreck.” […]
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Susan Collins unsure whether Trump will be GOP nominee in 2020
BANGOR — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Monday she’s not sure if President Donald Trump will be her party’s nominee for the nation’s top job in 2020. Collins, who didn’t endorse Trump last year, told MSNBC it is “too difficult to say” if he’ll gain the GOP’s backing in the next presidential […]
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New England has plenty of potential presidents
It’s been a long time since a New Englander won the presidency, but it’s not for lack of trying. Not since John F. Kennedy, a Boston Catholic with a family fortune who came out on top in 1960, has anyone who is undeniably from the region held the nation’s highest office. While both George H.W. […]