Majority Rules: Maine Governor Janet Mills can still remind voters she’ll be on the ballot for the Democratic primary in Maine, and let the people pick their nominee. Here, Mills attends a PEN America Gala at The American Museum of Natural History on May 15, 2025, in New York.

Janet Mills Should Unsuspend Her U.S. Senate Campaign

by Bill Scher May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

Democrats should unite behind Graham Platner if Maine’s Democratic voters pick him to run against Senator Susan Collins. But voters should make that choice first.

Senator Angus King, I-Maine, pictured here, joined seven Democratic senators in voting to end the shutdown—just as Trump admitted it was hurting Republicans.

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The Democratic Shutdown Capitulation: A Perfect and Unnecessary Failure

by Bill Scher November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

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Why Don’t Moderate Democrats Want Susan Collins to Leave?

by Martin Longman October 3, 2017January 9, 2022

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