'Call them out': In Maine, Gideon asks voters to punish GOP The Democrat who’s polling neck-and-neck with Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine was serving on her local town council less than a decade agoCAMDEN, Maine -- The last time Democrat Sara Gideon ran for office, she trounced her Republican challenger and spent a measly $4,299.99 doing it. Bean, to raise her family with her husband, Benjamin Rogoff Gideon, a Maine native who took her last name. Democratic support quickly coalesced around Gideon as Collins’ vote for Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ensured her race would draw national attention and cash. But Barrett’s approval is all but assured even without Collins' vote. On the campaign trail, Gideon has held more than 30 socially distanced “Suppers with Sara” under a tent that is moved from town to town.

Source: ABC News October 22, 2020 05:48 UTC