Maine Gov. Mills plans to confront President Trump again with her campaign for the US Senate
October 14, 2025
The New England governor who told President Donald Trump to his face she’d see him in court now plans to challenge Maine’s Republican U.S. senator at the ballot box. Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills cites her White House confrontation with the Republican president in February as proof she should serve in the Senate, a bid she formally announced with a campaign launch video Tuesday. Democrats face an uphill challenge in their effort to retake the Senate majority in next year’s midterm elections. Democrats would need a net of four seats, while Trump carried most of the states holding Senate elections next year. Mills wants to oust five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins.