Dan Kleban is betting that something is brewing in Maine, and he’s not talking about his company’s latest pale ale.

Kleban, a Democrat who is a co-founder of Maine Beer Co., says Mainers have lost confidence in Republican Sen. Susan Collins ahead of her re-election race next year, so he’s jumping into the race to defeat her.

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“The cost of living up here is too damn high. People are being squeezed, and Susan Collins isn’t doing enough to help families out up here,” Kleban said in an interview Tuesday ahead of his campaign launch Wednesday. Kleban said Collins “went to Washington, and she stopped looking out for Mainers.”

"People up here are struggling,” Kleban added later. “We’re a bunch of hard workers up here. We

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