The assistant House minority leader, who has served four terms and cannot run again, is seeking the District 20 Senate seat.

Maine’s first lady has kept a low, apolitical profile, but a New York Times report that Bannon sees her as a prospective challenger to Sen. Angus King casts her in a different light.

The campaign, which has incurred over $1 million more in debt, received all of its donations from a company headed by the only person who would be eligible to apply for a casino license.

Opponents try to paint the potential developer of a York County gambling facility and some of its financial backers as unethical, and their targets fire back.

She’ll decide next week whether to make a bid to succeed Paul LePage, but her backers don’t want Congress to lose a powerful moderate and a check on President Trump.

The president’s daily calendar included a brief meeting with LePage and 3 other governors, on an undisclosed topic.