Susan Collins and Sara Gideon come out swinging as 2020 race kicks off
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Source: Bangor Daily News
GORHAM, Maine — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and House Speaker Sara Gideon hit the road on Wednesday as their general election race kicked off, with the incumbent criticizing the state coronavirus response and upping the ante after Gideon challenged her to five debates.
Collins, a Republican, held morning events in Gorham on Wednesday touting her role in co-authoring a virus stimulus program that has given $2.2 billion in loans to Maine small businesses and was scheduled to visit the Portland police that afternoon. Gideon, who easily won the Democratic nomination to face Collins on Tuesday, held events in Bremen and Augusta and was set to meet later with people in addiction recovery in Brewer.
The candidates traded jabs through the Maine press at small events belying major national attention and spending that has flowed into the race long before the primary was decided. Collins and Gideon have aimed their campaigns squarely at each other in the toss-up race since the House speaker joined the race last June.
Gideon rode a wave of national Democratic support in the wake of Collins’ 2018 vote for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to raise $23 million as of late June in a race that is already the most expensive in Maine history. It has already attracted $15.5 million in outside spending plus millions more from dark-money groups.
Read more: https://bangordailynews.com/2020/07/15/politics/susan-collins-and-sara-gideon-come-out-swinging-as-2020-race-kicks-off/
Just a few minutes ago Collins challenged Gideon to 16 debates!
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