Liberty Ally on Brink of Challenging Sen. King in Maine

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By Kody Fairfield

State Sen. Eric Brakey has taken the first formal step toward a campaign to try to unseat U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018.

According to the Sun Journal, Brakey has formed an exploratory committee that will allow him to raise enough money to pay for expenses related to a possible campaign against the first-term Maine independent.

Described by the Sun Journal as an “Auburn Republican with strong libertarian leanings,” Brakey is an ally for liberty ideas. He has said that he feels that Sen. King has “has really wasted his time in Washington, D.C.,” and has primarily caucused with Democrats.

He continued “It’s hard to point to a single thing that Angus King has accomplished.”

The Sun Journal reports that King’s office has responded to the State Senator, when King’s spokesman Scott Ogden retorted, “Angus goes to bat for hardworking Maine people every day in the Senate and he’s focused on fighting to grow our economy, revitalize our rural communities and support the people of the state he loves.”

Brakey won a state Senate seat in 2014 at age 26, sweeping all five municipalities in the 20th District, the first time a candidate pulled that off since Olympia Snowe managed the feat in her state Senate race in 1976. He easily won re-election last year, explained the Sun Journal.

The Sun Journal touts that Brakey has championed welfare reform, the right to carry concealed firearms, and government’s involvement in cronyism with big business.

Brakey said the problem in Washington is that “I don’t think our federal government is standing up for the little guy.”

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