ME-SEN: EqualityMaine endorses Gideon in U.S. Senate race
A prominent equal rights organization that spearheaded Maine’s same-sex marriage law announced Friday that it is endorsing Democrat Sara Gideon in her attempt to unseat incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in November.
EqualityMaine, which advocates for equal rights for members of Maine’s LGBTQ community and their families, announced its support for Gideon in a news release, stating it was the first time since 2002 that the group has taken a position against Collins, who is seeking her fifth term.
“Susan Collins has been in the Senate for 24 years – ample time to demonstrate that she will fight for us. But again and again, Susan Collins has been a disappointment,” Darlene Huntress, a member of the EqualityMaine board, said in a prepared statement.
In a statewide referendum vote in 2012, Maine approved one the nation’s first laws legalizing same-sex marriage, an effort spearheaded by EqualityMaine.
The organization has never endorsed Collins, but has largely remained neutral in her more recent re-election campaigns.
https://www.pressherald.com/2020/09/25/equality-maine-endorses-gideon-in-u-s-senate-race/