Brewer speaks with Maine Public about Sen. King’s campaign
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for a report about independent U.S. Sen. Angus King seeking re-election this year. According to King, his opponents are helping his campaign as they come at him from both sides. “I am being criticized by one of my opponents for voting with President Trump too much, and the other one for not voting with him enough, so maybe I am in the right spot,” he said. Brewer said he thinks King may be threading the needle just right as an independent in an increasingly partisan political atmosphere. “Not only is he the only independent that is likely to win, he is also the incumbent. And he’s in an entirely different category. He is a two-term governor, incumbent U.S. senator, incredibly popular,” Brewer said.