{"id":2498792,"date":"2025-10-14T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-hogg-endorses-janet-mills-challenger-in-maine-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:30:36","slug":"david-hogg-endorses-janet-mills-challenger-in-maine-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-hogg-endorses-janet-mills-challenger-in-maine-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hogg endorses Janet Mills challenger in Maine Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdavid-hogg-endorses-janet-mills-challenger-in-maine-senate-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2498792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>David Hogg, a progressive activist and former Democratic official, has endorsed Graham Platner, a younger candidate, in the Maine Senate race, opposing Governor Janet Mills&#8217; bid for the seat held by Republican Senator Susan Collins. Hogg emphasized age as a critical factor, highlighting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-war-highlights-again-that-men-and-women-are-different-and-we-need-them-that-way\/\" title=\"Ukraine\u2019s War Highlights Again That Men And Women Are Different, And We Need Them That Way\">generational divide<\/a> within the Democratic Party following their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-wont-change-victor-davis-hanson-says-democrats-see-that-covid-threat-and-racial-tensions-favor-them\/\" title=\"\u2018They Won\u2019t Change\u2019: Victor Davis Hanson Says Democrats See That \u2018COVID Threat\u2019 And \u2018Racial Tensions\u2019 Favor Them\">recent election losses<\/a>. Platner, a 41-year-old oyster farmer and Marine veteran, has gained support from progressive figures, including Senator Bernie Sanders. Mills, 77, acknowledges her age could be a liability and has promised to serve only one term if elected. Hogg&#8217;s group, Leaders We Deserve, along with other youth-focused organizations, backing Platner reflects a growing push within the party for younger leadership and a shift away from establishment candidates like Mills, who was recruited by party leaders as their best chance to win the seat.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">David Hogg endorses Janet Mills challenger in Maine Senate race, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-democrats-and-the-media-turn-on-biden-remember-they-are-the-corrupt-regime-that-empowered-him\/\" title=\"As Democrats And The Media Turn On Biden, Remember: They Are The Corrupt Regime That Empowered Him\">citing age<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2372760\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-hogg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Hogg<\/a>, the Democratic ex-official challenging his party&rsquo;s congressional leadership, is citing age as he opposes the entrance of Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine<\/a> Senate race.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg, who runs the progressive outside group Leaders We Deserve, endorsed Graham Platner, 41, on Tuesday, the same day Mills <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3818508\/janet-mills-senate-challenge-susan-collins-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> her campaign for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3848859\/janet-mills-maine-senate-run-generational-clash-democrats\/\">Janet Mills&rsquo; Maine Senate run sets up generational clash among Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3849006\/john-bel-edwards-louisiana-senate\/\">Ex-Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards says he won&#8217;t run for Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3848661\/witkoff-fundraiser-kentucky-senate-nate-morris\/\">Witkoff family to host fundraiser for Nate Morris, Ramaswamy to speak<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Platner, an oyster farmer and Marine veteran who launched his campaign in August, has successfully courted the Left, including an endorsement from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), but the entrance of Mills, 77, has made the race emblematic of a deeper generational divide after Democrats were swept out of power last November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3848859\/janet-mills-maine-senate-run-generational-clash-democrats\/\"><strong>JANET MILLS&rsquo; MAINE SENATE RUN SETS UP GENERATIONAL CLASH AMONG DEMOCRATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After our historic loss in the 2024 election, conversations within the Democratic Party have rightly centered on age, the loss of young men, the working class, and the growing disillusionment of young voters,&rdquo; Hogg said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/5553961-democratic-youth-focused-groups-endorse-graham-platner-maine-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the <em>Hill<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;As our party charts a path forward, Graham Platner represents not the entire solution, but a vital step in the right direction.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leaders We Deserve joined four other youth-focused organizations in endorsing Platner on Tuesday: College Democrats of America, Gen-Z for Change, Voters of Tomorrow, and Youth Save Democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Mills is keenly aware that age could become a liability as she competes in the primary, promising in an interview with NBC News that she would serve a single term if elected next year. Besides Platner, she will be running against two other Democrats who are also decades younger: Jordan Wood, a staffer to ex-Rep. Katie Porter, and beer company founder Dan Kleban.<\/p>\n<p>Mills was recruited by Democratic leadership, who see a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republican-glenn-youngkin-leads-democrat-terry-mcauliffe-day-before-virginia-election\/\" title=\"Poll: Republican Glenn Youngkin Leads Democrat Terry McAuliffe Day Before Virginia Election\">-time governor<\/a> as their best chance of flipping Maine blue. But that dynamic has also fostered resentment within the party as Hogg, removed as vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee in June, promises to spend $20 million in primaries with long-serving or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >establishment-backed candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3763508\/david-hogg-endorsement-power-2025-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DAVID HOGG ENDORSEMENT POWER TESTED WITH 2025 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So far, Hogg&rsquo;s track record has been mixed. His candidates for a pair of House special elections lost earlier this year, even as his backing of socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City&rsquo;s mayoral primary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3763508\/david-hogg-endorsement-power-2025-elections\/\">paid off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg targeted his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3839302\/david-hogg-primary-endorsement-mckinney-thanedar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first House Democratic incumbent<\/a>&nbsp;last week, endorsing a 33-year-old challenging Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI), 70.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Hogg backs Mills&#8217; Maine Senate rival, citing age concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2498793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-1qfb06bin-1760455486408-e1760456259430.jpg?1760441869&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46257,54091,54092],"class_list":["post-2498792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-david-hogg","tag-janet-mills","tag-maine-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-1qfb06bin-1760455486408-e1760456259430.jpg?1760441869&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498796,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498792\/revisions\/2498796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}