Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops US Senate bid
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that she is suspending her campaign for U.S. Senate. That move shakes up a race Democrats see as critical in gaining the majority in the U.S. Senate.
Progressive Democrats cheered after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) preferred candidate, Gov. Janet Mills (D), exited Maine’s Senate race, reshaping the field. Republicans are eyeing
Mills said she supported an 18-month pause on new data centers but wanted an exemption for a project in Jay. She also successfully vetoed a bill to automatical sealed the criminal records of many misdemeanor offenders.