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“Can you explain this Angus King guy?”
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Sure. I’m not originally from Maine, having lived in southern California for many years and growing up on Long Island, NY. But I’ve lived here in Maine a long time.

Angus King ran for governor in 1994 as an “Independent.” The dem candidate was Joe Brennan, a politician from southern Maine who was a perennial candidate....always running for one office or another in Maine.

The GOP’s pick for governor that year was a newcomer to the political scene; the president of Husson College in Bangor (now Husson University)....Susan Collins. Yes, THAT Susan Collins.

King ran an optimistic campaign. I voted for him, too, and he won.

Prior to 1993, King was a democrat, and he started acting like one part way through his first term. In 1998, I voted for the Republican candidate. King won again.

After his second term, King became a private citizen and made a fortune building those ugly windmills.

In 2012, Angus King got elected to the U.S. Senate as an “Independent,” beating the Republican candidate and the democrat. Many democrats voted for King instead of the “official” demorcrat candidate.

One of the reasons Angus King got elected to the Senate is because of name recognition, which he had in spades because of his two terms as governor.

Meanwhile, I see nothing independent in regards to Angus King. My definition of a true “independent” would be a senator who sides with the democrats on some issues and with the Republicans on other issues, and does what’s good for the country (which means he should rarely, if ever, side with the democrats).

Angus King is always on the democrat side of the aisle with his policies and votes.

In 2018, 30 year old state senator Eric Brakey challenged King for the U.S. Senate seat held by King. Brakey had little money and not as much name recognition as King, so King won.

Meanwhile, Eric Brakey is the guy who got Constitutional Carry passed in Maine in 2015. Brakey recently announced his plans to run as the GOP candidate next year in Maine’s Second Congressional District.