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Maine Beer Company Founder Dan Kleban Enters Democratic Race to Challenge Sen. Susan Collins

His launch signals intensified Democratic focus on flipping the seat, with outside spending already in play.

Dan Kleban, co-owner of Maine Beer Company, poses for a portrait in the brewery on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
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Overview

  • Kleban formally announced a U.S. Senate bid, centering his campaign on lowering living costs, expanding affordable health care, and easing regulatory burdens on small businesses.
  • He frames his run around his brewery’s “Do what’s right” ethos, noting living-wage pay, employer-covered health insurance, and support for environmental groups.
  • Kleban attacked Collins over abortion rights and her deference to the Trump administration, pointing to her votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health and human services secretary.
  • The Democratic field now includes Kleban, Graham Platner, Jordan Wood, and David Costello, with Gov. Janet Mills weighing a decision by mid-November and Bernie Sanders endorsing Platner.
  • Majority Forward launched a $700,000 ad buy targeting Collins on congressional stock trading as Democrats eye the seat in their path to a Senate majority and Collins has not yet announced her plans.