Glad Angus King is running for re-election

To the Editor;

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting increasingly sick of the unproductive noise from Washington, D.C. That’s why I’m very glad that U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine announced he is running for re-election to keep getting things done in the Senate for Maine and the country.

As a former Republican state senator, I still remember Ronald Reagan’s 80/20 rule: “The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally, not a 20 percent traitor.” I think of that every time I see King working with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas on modernizing ocean navigation for sport fishing, or with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts to study brain trauma in the military. Neither political party has a monopoly on good ideas; as an independent, King gets to shop around the marketplace of ideas.

Being in Congress shouldn’t be about TV airtime or retweets — it should be bipartisanship guided by the 80/20 rule. That’s how the infrastructure bill became law, the “CARES” COVID relief bill was passed, and how we got broadband investments for states and tribal governments.

There’s so much more that unites us as Americans, and especially as Mainers. I really believe that. U.S. Sen. King looks to build consensus around ideas, find common ground, and get things done.

Roger Katz

Campaign Committee member

Angus King for U.S. Senate Campaign 

Brunswick