NRSC executive director Rob Jesmer raised the theory that Democrats secretly recruited former Maine Gov. Angus King, an independent, to run for Senate in a “backroom deal,” reports Politico. Jesmer said Democrats would want to get to King first so that he would caucus with Democrats and because he has a better chance of getting elected than a more liberal candidate.
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