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Podcast – It’s News To Us – Interview with Betsy Sweet (27:06 start)
All these things that were so controversial and so pie in the sky, are the very things we are using to get through this pandemic and that are going to get us out of it. – Betsy Sweet
Money out of Politics – podcast
We need a tsunami of change. Money in politics is the underlying issue for everything else we care about.
Campaigning in a Time of Plague
We can only flip the senate if we win this senate seat in Maine, and we have an opportunity to do it with a real progressive.
Betsy Sweet on Conversations with Rob podcast
We can only flip the senate if we win this senate seat in Maine, and we have an opportunity to do it with a real progressive.
Activist Betsy Sweet aims to useat Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins
Mainers want a Senator who represents them, not special interests and Washington, D.C. lobbyists.
Betsy Sweet: ‘Medicare for All’ is the only solution to the U.S. health care crisis
Medicare for All is not a pie-in-the-sky idea. It is simply transforming our current health care system – one that we are all currently paying for in multiple ways – into one where no one has to decide between paying rent and seeing a doctor.
GOP Rep. Susan Collins To LOSE Seat In Congress?
“The playbook that got us into this mess is not going to get us out of this mess,” said Sweet.
Bates Democrats’ Conversation With Betsy Sweet
Sweet’s mission at the statehouse has been to expand democracy, which is what motivates her to run in this election as well. In 1996, she helped write a bill to create clean elections in Maine through a public financing system that takes corporate money and influence out of politics.
TYT: The Conversation: Meet the new Justice Democrat Betsy Sweet
I will fight like hell for Medicare for All.
Progressive to challenge Republican Senator
“The playbook that got us into this mess is not going to get us out of this mess,” said Sweet.
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USM Muskie School of Public Service hosts virtual U.S. Senate Candidate Forum
Sweet, who picked up the endorsement of Maine Rep. Mike Sylvester yesterday, has transformed her campaign strategy in the wake of COVID-19, hosting daily livestreams and virtual town halls with local elected officials and constituents. This is one of many forums Sweet has committed to attending in the months leading up to the July primary.
‘A Bold Champion For Progressive Change’: State Representative Mike Sylvester (D-39) Endorses Betsy Sweet For U.S. Senate
Sweet, who picked up the endorsement of Maine Rep. Mike Sylvester yesterday, has transformed her campaign strategy in the wake of COVID-19, hosting daily livestreams and virtual town halls with local elected officials and constituents. This is one of many forums Sweet has committed to attending in the months leading up to the July primary.
Betsy Sweet hosts New American Leadership Townhall with Maine elected officials
Panel to feature Bangor City Councilor Angela Okafor and Bangor School Committee Member Marwa Hassanien.
Betsy Sweet hosts daily Facebook Live conversations with voters during COVID-19 pandemic
Sweet has committed to using her platform as a leading candidate in the race to defeat Susan Collins to educate, inform and support Mainers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. Senate Candidate Betsy Sweet issues statement on nationwide rent and mortgage moratorium during COVID-19 crisis
We are in an unprecedented time of pandemic and economic crisis. When we are being asked to stay home, having a home to stay in is a right, not a privilege. Countless families already face difficulties making their next rent payment in normal times.
‘She Is Exactly What We Need’: Our Revolution National Endorses Betsy Sweet For U.S. Senate
Our Revolution is a progressive political organization that networks 600 local groups and hundreds of thousands of grassroots activists nationwide to fight for change in their communities.
Maine U.S. Senate candidate Betsy Sweet to be keynote speaker at Our Revolution Maine’s first-ever statewide Meeting April 1
Maine U.S. Senate Candidate Betsy Sweet will serve as the keynote speaker at a Our Revolution Maine’s first-ever statewide meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
U.S. Senate Candidate Betsy Sweet endorses Bernie Sanders for President
PORTLAND, ME – Maine U.S. Senate Candidate Betsy Sweet today announced her endorsement of Bernie Sanders for...
U.S. Senate candidate Betsy Sweet supports Congressional vote to limit presidential war powers
“I fully support Congress’s decision to limit President Trump’s war powers. Trump committed an unprecedented and illegal act of war,” said Sweet.
U.S. Senate candidate Betsy Sweet’s Reddit “Ask Me Anything” goes viral
Reddit users asked Sweet questions regarding her legislative priorities, including Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, campaign finance and election reform,
eliminating student loan debt, and common-sense gun laws.
Brand New Congress endorses Betsy Sweet for U.S. Senate
“Betsy Sweet exemplifies what BNC stands for,” said Zana Day, communications director for BNC. “She is a fierce advocate of protecting our democracy from the corrupting influence of Big Money in politics, and she has decades of experience advocating for everything from LGBTQIA+ rights, women’s rights and election reforms.”
Progressive Democrats of America endorse Betsy Sweet for U.S. Senate
“In contrast to her moderate Democratic opponent, Betsy is an outspoken advocate for Medicare for All, strong environmental policies, and has statewide name recognition from her days as a lead advocate for Maine’s groundbreaking Clean Money statute,” said PDA.
U.S. Senate candidate surging in donations, people power
Sweet is fueling her campaign with people, not corporate interests. Thousands of small-dollar donors from all across the Maine are pitching in to help Sweet defeat incumbent Senator Susan Collins in November.