Brett Kavanaugh isn't on the ballot in Maine, but he's suddenly getting a lot of mention in the state's Senate race. Democrats are again zeroing in on Sen. Susan Collins' decisive 2018 vote to confirm the Supreme Court justice, arguing that his 2022 role in overturning Roe v. Wade shows why she can't be trusted on abortion rights, per NBC News. Graham Platner, the Democrat who just won his primary to challenge Collins, is making that vote central to his case, accusing Collins—who was last on the ballot in 2020—of breaking her promise to protect Roe and calling her either a liar or "a fool." Collins has said she's disappointed by Kavanaugh's abortion ruling but maintains she "cast the right vote."
The Kavanaugh thread runs even deeper. Platner now faces allegations from an ex-girlfriend who describes him as physically threatening—accusations he denies, per the New York Times. His allies, in turn, highlight that the woman is a conservative activist who helped lead the "Ladies for Kavanaugh" effort and publicly attacked his accusers as liars in 2018. As Collins frames the accusations as "extremely troubling," a key Democratic super PAC is expected to saturate Maine with abortion-focused ads tying Collins to the fall of Roe v. Wade, betting that, in a state that backs abortion rights but keeps sending a Republican to the Senate, her Supreme Court record could finally be a liability.
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