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42. Elderly Senators running for re-election also have another advantage over elderly non-incumbents seeking office:

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 09:29 AM

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a sentiment among voters along the lines of "We wish he would retire BUT we're not going to kick him out of office". Does anyone think Dianne Feinstein would have been elected to the US Senate in either 2012 or 2018 if she was a non-incumbent seeking her first term instead of the incumbent seeking her fourth and fifth terms? Anyone think Chuck Grassley would have won his last couple of primaries if he wasn't the incumbent?

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Pro Choice groups back Janet Mills over Graham Platner for Senate... [View all] PeaceWave Dec 9 OP

77 year old Mills is pro-filibuster, and we must only elect senators willing to kill the filibuster and expand the court Fiendish Thingy Dec 9 #1

So if Mills comes out in favor of eliminating the filibuster, you'll support her then? W_HAMILTON Dec 9 #2

We are talking about a guy who has advocated violence, has a nazi tattoo -and has shown SSJVegeta Dec 9 #4

I'm not talking about Platner at all Fiendish Thingy Dec 9 #7

My mistake... Cheers to that! SSJVegeta Dec 9 #8

If it comes down to Mills and Platner... sheshe2 Dec 9 #5

That's my point: it doesn't have to come down to those two and only those two Fiendish Thingy Dec 9 #6

You're not getting a majority to expand the court, so that is irrelevant. NoRethugFriends Dec 9 #9

If you don't want any more wack jobs, then we need to find another candidate for Maine besides Mills Fiendish Thingy Dec 9 #12

If some of the polls I've seen of this race are accurate, Schumer may have massively misjudged the mood after what Midwestern Democrat Dec 10 #16

We? BannonsLiver Dec 10 #25

Good! SSJVegeta Dec 9 #3

You're not getting a majority to increase court size NoRethugFriends Dec 9 #10

A shame it will very likely come down to Mills and Platner. Mills will be 85yo at the end of her first term, and is Celerity Dec 9 #11

Both Candidates Have Drawbacks Deep State Witch Dec 9 #13

He is running for the House now in Golden's current seat dsc Dec 9 #14

Ah, OK. Deep State Witch Dec 10 #20

TY Reproductive Freedom for All and Emily's List! Cha Dec 9 #15

Same here LetMyPeopleVote Dec 10 #30

Janet Mills is 77 years old RetiredParatrooper Dec 10 #17

So TF what? She's well-liked and we need a victory NOW... we need to defeat Collins NOW! QueerDuck Dec 10 #22

'Ageist'? RetiredParatrooper Dec 10 #23

It does not follow Torchlight Dec 10 #24

No. Running unqualified newbies against seasoned and popular incumbents is why we lose. QueerDuck Dec 10 #27

That's for the welcome! RetiredParatrooper Dec 10 #28

+1 leftstreet Dec 10 #31

I just mentioned to that poster that Sen Angus King Cha Dec 10 #33

That's a good point. The objections seems to be situational. QueerDuck Dec 10 #35

That's a good way to put it. Cha Dec 10 #36

Angus King is not a Dem RetiredParatrooper Dec 10 #37

So? Sen King Votes with the Dems. Cha Dec 10 #38

I am aware of that RetiredParatrooper Dec 11 #41

Angus King is still a 81 and a Senator who votes Cha Dec 11 #43

You are ignoring the point RetiredParatrooper Dec 12 #48

I'm Not ignoring Anything.. Please Stop Cha Dec 12 #49

neither is bernie (his own admission, not mine). nt PunkinPi Dec 12 #47

Problem with having an elderly 1-term senator is "seniority" 0rganism Dec 10 #39

Elderly Senators running for re-election also have another advantage over elderly non-incumbents seeking office: Midwestern Democrat Dec 11 #42

Sen Angus king is 81... Sen Sanders is Cha Dec 10 #32

Reproductive Freedom For All is a surprise player here DFW Dec 10 #18

Excellent! I'm always inclined to prefer experience, competence and a winning strategy over purity... QueerDuck Dec 10 #19

As a resident of New York SocialDemocrat61 Dec 10 #21

Mills may be a good politician, but she and I are the same age and I do not support electing someone who OLDMDDEM Dec 10 #26

Maine has some of the oldest voters in US leftstreet Dec 10 #34

Good. I agree with them. OLDMDDEM Dec 10 #40

This is a great endorsement LetMyPeopleVote Dec 10 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Dec 11 #44

"But, but, but... she's so o-o-o-old!" 🤡😜🙄 QueerDuck Dec 12 #45

Older and Wiser with Excellent Qualifications and Cha Dec 12 #50

TYVM! QueerDuck Dec 12 #51

Democrats, it seems, always find a reason and a way to tear down other Democrats. DFW Dec 12 #46

"Ain't it the truth? Ain't it the truth!" QueerDuck Dec 12 #52