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At a time when Democratic voters are demanding new, antiestablishment leaders, the Democratic Party’s power brokers are pushing a 77-year-old candidate for a key 2026 Senate race who’s spent the past six years as governor vetoing collective bargaining rights for workers, tax increases on the wealthy, renter protections, and tribal sovereignty protections, according to a Lever review.

That candidate, Maine’s two-term governor Janet Mills, entered the 2026 Democratic primary race last month to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) as the hand-picked candidate of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic Senate Commi

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