{"id":12870,"date":"2025-09-03T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/democrat-and-brewery-owner-joins-race-for-sen-collins-seat\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:17:02","slug":"democrat-and-brewery-owner-joins-race-for-sen-collins-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/democrat-and-brewery-owner-joins-race-for-sen-collins-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat and brewery owner joins race for Sen. Collins&#8217; seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Another Democrat is jumping into the crowded race to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Maine brewery owner Dan Kleban, 48, announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jAmiimQLYi8\" target=\"_blank\"><u> in a kickoff video Wednesday<\/u><\/a> that he is mounting a Senate bid because Collins has \u201cbeen in Washington for 30 years, she stopped looking out for us, she lied about protecting abortion rights, and she refuses to stand up to Donald Trump when it really matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Blue Light News, Kleban said prices are \u201ctoo damn high\u201d and that he agreed with much of the so-called Abundance movement aimed at bringing costs down \u201cbefore I even heard of the Abundance movement.\u201d He also said he does not support Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019 recent resolution to block arms sales to Israel, a contentious issue that has roiled the Democratic Party. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe Israel has a right to defend itself. I don&#8217;t think that we solve the horrific humanitarian crisis in Gaza by disarming Israel and exposing them to harm,\u201d said Kleban.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats are targeting Maine in their long-shot campaign to take back the Senate, and many top Democrats are encouraging Gov. Janet Mills to enter the race. Mills <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmtw.com\/article\/mills-make-decision-about-senate-run-november\/65913217\" target=\"_blank\"><u>has said she is \u201cseriously considering\u201d a run<\/u><\/a> and will make a decision by mid-November. Sanders-endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/19\/graham-platner-maine-senate-campaign-launch-00513884\" target=\"_blank\"><u>oyster farmer Graham Platner<\/u><\/a> and former End Citizens United Vice President Jordan Wood are also vying for the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether he would stay in the race if Mills threw her hat in the ring, Kleban was noncommittal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Gov. Mills decides to get into the race, we\u2019ll cross that bridge when we get there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Democrat is jumping into the crowded race to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Maine brewery owner Dan Kleban, 48, announced in a kickoff video Wednesday that he is mounting a Senate bid because Collins has \u201cbeen in Washington for 30 years, she stopped looking out for us, she lied about protecting abortion rights, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}