SPEAKER
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SARA GIDEON IS THE NEWEST CHALLENGER TO SUSAN COLLINS'
SENATE SEAT.
SHE ANNOUNCED HER CAMPAIGN FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION ON
SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING WITH A
VIDEO BOASTING HER WORK, WHILE4@
TAKING JABS AT COLLINS AND
FORMER GOVERNOR PAUL
LEPAGE.
BUT GIDEON ISN'T THE ONLY
DEMOCRAT EYEING COLLINS' SEAT.4@
SHE'S JOINED BY BETSY SWEET AND
BRE KIDMAN.
4@NEWS CENTER'S CAMERON O'BRIEN
TRACKED DOWN ALL THREE4@
CANDIDATES TODAY.
CANDIDATES TODAY.
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4@ SHE
4@ SHE JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST ON THE CAMPAIGN.4@
PAT, CINDY
ALL THREE CANDIDATES HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON.4@
THEY ALL SAY ITS TIME FOR SUSAN
COLLINS TO LEAVE OFFICE.
BUT THEY EACH BRING DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS TO THE TABLE.
ONES- THAT THEY HOPE- WILL PUT
THEM AT THE FRONT OF THE4@
RACE.
RACE.
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4@4@ THE
4@4@ THE DEMOCRATIC SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SARA GIDEON KICKED
OFF HER CAMPAIGN FOR US SENATE
IN PORTLAND, WITH A PROMISE TO
PUT 4@
MAINE FIRST.
MAINE FIRST.
18:31:04
18:31:04 18:31:10 TALKING TO MAINERS, LISTENING TO MAINERS, CONTINUING TO BUILD ON
THE REALLY STRONG
WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE
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4@ STATE
4@ STATE HOUSE. I4@N HER TENURE AS SPEAKER, GIDEON SAYS SHE HAS
PROVEN HER4@
ABILITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ON
BOTH
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, AND TO MAKE PROGRESS ON CRITICAL ISSUES LIKE THE OPIOID CRISIS.4@
18:33:37- 18:33:47 WHEN HE
STEPPED IN TRYING TO STOP US
FROM GETTING WORK DONE, WE JUST
SAID NO, WE ARE GOING TO WORK
AROUND
4@YOU, AND I WAS ABLE TO BRING
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS 4@4@
TOGETHER
TOGETHER AND SHOW REAL RESULTS4@ ON THAT. AND WHEN IT COMES TO SENATOR
SUSAN COLLINSGIDEON
SUSAN COLLINSGIDEON
SAYSIT'S
SAYSIT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE OF THE GUARD. 18:33:07- 18:33:19 WHEN I THINK
ABOUT SUSAN COLLINS AND WHEN
SHE FIRST WENT TO WASHINGTON, I
DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS LIKE OTHER
PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON. IM NOT
SURE THAT'S TRUE ANYMORE
AND I'M NOT SURE SHE IS PUTTING
THE INTERESTS OF MAINERS AHEAD
OF
SPECIAL INTERESTS.
GIDEON WON'T BE ALONE IN THIS
PRIMARY. DEMOCRAT BETSY 4@
SWEET ANNOUNCED HER RUN AGAINST
SENATOR COLLINS 4@
JUST TEN DAYS AGO.
SHE CALLS COLLINS' VOTE TO
CONFIRM JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH
A "PUNCH TO THE GUT" TO FAMILIES
IN THE STATE. 4@
18:47:24- 18:47:33 SHE HAS HAD
SOME DECENT PRO-CHOICE VOTES
BEFORE BUT THIS ONE, A LIFETIME
APPOINTMENT THAT REALLY MADE A4@
DIFFERENCE. SHE LEFT US. SHE
DISSAPOINTED US. AND SHE DID TH@
WRONG THING.
SWEET-- WHO CALLS HERSELF A BOLD
PROGRESSIVE,
FINISHED THIRD IN LAST YEAR'S
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR
GOVERNOR.
SHE SAYS SHE EXCELS AT BRINGING
POLITICIANS AND
PEOPLE TOGETHER, BY HONING IN ON
SHARED VALUES.4@4@
THAT'S HOW SHE'LL WORK ON BIG
TICKET ITEMS LIKE IMMIGRATION,
AND
HEALTHCARE.
AND HEALTHCARE. 18:50:56- 18:51:11 THE QUESTION
IS NOT IF WE SHOULD HAVE
UNIVERSAL
HEALTH COVERAGE, THE QUESTION IS
HOW. AND WE ARE REALLY SMART
HERE. SO IF WE CAN GAUGE PEOPLE
HEALTH COVERAGE, THE QUESTION IS HOW. AND WE ARE REALLY SMART HERE. SO IF WE CAN GAUGE PEOPLE@
ON ALL DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOW, AND
REALLY COUNT ON THE VALUES ABOU@
THE IF, THEN I THINK WE CAN
REALLY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
BRE KIDMAN IS ANOTHER PERSON WHO
HAS THROWN THEIR HAT INTO
THE US SENATE RACE. KIDMAN IS A
LAWYER FROM SACO AND
ANNOUNCED SOME TIME BEFO4@RE SWT
AND GIDEON. IN A4@
STATEMENT, SHE SAYS "I'M A
COURT-APPOINTED LAWYER W4@ITH
SOME POLICY EXPERIENCE AND AN 4@
AXE TO GRIND WITH A SYSTEM
THAT PUTS OUR FUTURE4@ IN THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE WHOSE PRIMARY
4@ SKILL SET IS RAISING MONEY AND4@
LOOKING ELECTABLE. MAINE
DESERVES A CANDIDATE WHO WILL
CHOOSE STRUGGLING AND MIDDLE
CLASS MAINERS OVER BUILDING A
BIGGER CAMPAIGN WAR CHEST."
COLLINS' TEAM RESPONDED TO THE
NEWS OF GIDEON JOINING THE RACE THIS MORNING.
KEVIN KELLEY, WHO IS THE
SPOKESMAN FOR COLLINS FOR
SENATOR SAID IN A
STATEMENT
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A YEAR LONG
COMPETITIVE PRIMARY AHEAD--
THEY WILL NOT BE PICKING A
NOMINEE UNTIL JUNE OF 2020. 4@
KELLEY GOES ON TO SAY "ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY SENATOR COLLINS
NOMINEE UNTIL JUNE OF 2020. 4@ KELLEY GOES ON TO SAY "ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SENATOR COLLINS@
HAS BEEN SO EFFECTIVE IS THAT
SHE HAS MORE SENIORITY THAN
ANY U.S. SENATOR FROM MAINE OVER
THE PAST 70 YEARS. SHE WILL 4@
CONTINUE TO BUILD ON HER RECORD
OF EXTRAORDINARY4@
ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE
OF MAINE."
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