BANGOR, Maine — Vice President JD Vance traveled to this key battleground for control of Congress on Thursday to energize Republican voters by promoting his administration’s anti-fraud efforts.
He was stumping for the state’s former governor Paul LePage (R), now running for Congress in a House district seen as one of the GOP’s best opportunities to flip a Democratic-held seat. But the state’s most prominent Republican, Sen. Susan Collins, was notably absent as Vance offered measured praise for the moderate who, at times, has crossed President Donald Trump.