Eric Brakey

FILE - In this May 5, 2018 file photo, Eric Brakey, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, greets supporters at the Republican Convention, in Augusta, Maine. Brakey is one off two challengers from opposite ends of the political spectrum in an uphill battle to knock off Sen. Angus King, the popular incumbent in the first U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)