Shenna Bellows tweeted a photo of herself Tuesday outside the Muskie Building in Augusta, declaring she’d filed paperwork necessary to become a candidate.
She’ll be seeking the Democratic Party nomination to challenge three-term Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
Bellows, 38, a Manchester lawyer, resigned from the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine a little more than a week ago, saying she’d just gotten married and wanted to embark on a new adventure with her husband. Now it’s clear that her adventure includes her first run for elected office.
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