Sara Gideon wins Maine's Democratic Senate primary, will face Susan Collins in November

Sara Gideon won Maine's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, and will face off against Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.

Gideon is speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, and defeated two progressive candidates: lobbyist Betsy Sweet and lawyer Bre Kidman. She has the support of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and has raised $23 million in her quest to win Collins' seat.

A moderate, Collins faced backlash in 2017 when she backed the $1.5 trillion tax-cut package and in 2018 after voting to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. She is the only New England Republican in Congress.

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