Former Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap launched a primary challenge Monday against Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden that is trying to tap Democrats' frustration with four-term congressman's approach to President Donald Trump.

In his first ad , Dunlap criticizes Golden's opinion column last year that predicted Trump would win the presidency, that he would be "OK with that" and that warnings about threats to American democracy were overblown.

It also tries to position Dunlap as someone who will stand up to the president and highlights his battles with the president's "election integrity" commission debacle during his first term. The commission was created to find voter fraud during the 2016 election, but disbanded after it found none. Dunlap was appointed to the panel and sued for

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