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Democrat [[Sara Gideon]], the current Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, announced her Senate campaign on June 24, 2019.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/24/politics/susan-collins-challenger-sara-gideon/index.html Democrat Sara Gideon announces run against Susan Collins]</ref> Gideon, with a voting record even more liberal than Susan Collins', has pushed for [[abortion]] "rights" and [[Medicaid]] expansion within Maine.<ref>[https://www.thecut.com/2019/06/sara-gideon-senate-campaign-susan-collins-maine.html Susan Collins Has a New Democratic Challenger]</ref> In addition, she is a [[liberal hypocrite]] who has denounced corporate money in politics while accepting donations that include corporate donors.<ref>[https://www.pressherald.com/2020/02/27/gideon-targeted-for-stance-on-corporate-pac-donations/ Gideon decries corporate money in politics while taking PAC donations that include it]</ref>

Democrat [[Sara Gideon]], the current Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, announced her Senate campaign on June 24, 2019.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/24/politics/susan-collins-challenger-sara-gideon/index.html Democrat Sara Gideon announces run against Susan Collins]</ref> Gideon, with a voting record even more liberal than Susan Collins', has pushed for [[abortion]] "rights" and [[Medicaid]] expansion within Maine.<ref>[https://www.thecut.com/2019/06/sara-gideon-senate-campaign-susan-collins-maine.html Susan Collins Has a New Democratic Challenger]</ref> In addition, she is a [[liberal hypocrite]] who has denounced corporate money in politics while accepting donations that include corporate donors.<ref>[https://www.pressherald.com/2020/02/27/gideon-targeted-for-stance-on-corporate-pac-donations/ Gideon decries corporate money in politics while taking PAC donations that include it]</ref>

Democrat primary candidate Bre Kidman, a Bernie backer who claims to be "non-binary", unveiled a [[guillotine]] as the logo for her US Senate campaign.<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/news/guillotine_symbol_democrats Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine as 'a symbol of the work we have to do'] at The Blaze</ref>  When grilled about the use of a guillotine as campaign symbolism, Kidman claimed that the guillotine was not meant to be taken literally, despite its notorious use as a method of execution by [[the Left]] against its opponents during the [[French Revolution]]; Kidman was subsequently criticized on her Twitter account for what her critics called a poor taste campaign stunt at best and a not-so-veiled threat of [[violence]] against opponents and critics at worst.<ref>[https://twitter.com/BeeKay4ME/status/1225177542853828608 Bre Kidman: "I was gonna wait until tomorrow to show off these beauties, but Trump got acquitted and I feel like folks could use something to look forward to"] at Twitter</ref>

Democrat primary candidate Bre Kidman, a Bernie backer who claimd to be "non-binary", unveiled a [[guillotine]] as the logo for her US Senate campaign.<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/news/guillotine_symbol_democrats Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine as 'a symbol of the work we have to do'] at The Blaze</ref>  When grilled about the use of a guillotine as campaign symbolism, Kidman claimed that the guillotine was not meant to be taken literally, despite its notorious use as a method of execution by [[the Left]] against its opponents during the [[French Revolution]]; Kidman was subsequently criticized on her Twitter account for what her critics called a poor taste campaign stunt at best and a not-so-veiled threat of [[violence]] against opponents and critics at worst.<ref>[https://twitter.com/BeeKay4ME/status/1225177542853828608 Bre Kidman: "I was gonna wait until tomorrow to show off these beauties, but Trump got acquitted and I feel like folks could use something to look forward to"] at Twitter</ref>

The Democrat primary was won by Gideon with 70% of the vote.<ref name="Maine Primary Results 2020"/>

The Democrat primary was won by Gideon with 70% of the vote.<ref name="Maine Primary Results 2020"/>