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'''Bre "Bee Kay" Kidman''' is a [[nonbinary]] person who campaigned to represent Maine in the 2020 Senate election. They became inspired to "change the [political] system from within" after Senator Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.<ref name="Miller">{{Cite web |title=First Openly Non-Binary Senate Candidate Seeks To Make Politics More Inclusive |last=Miller |first=Hayley |work=HuffPost |date=28 June 2019 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bre-kidman-non-binary-maine-senate_n_5d13c36fe4b09ad014f9f470 | '''Bre "Bee Kay" Kidman''' is a [[nonbinary]] person who campaigned to represent Maine in the 2020 Senate election. They became inspired to "change the [political] system from within" after Senator Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.<ref name="Miller">{{Cite web |title=First Openly Non-Binary Senate Candidate Seeks To Make Politics More Inclusive |last=Miller |first=Hayley |work=HuffPost |date=28 June 2019 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bre-kidman-non-binary-maine-senate_n_5d13c36fe4b09ad014f9f470}}</ref> Kidman describes themself as "criminal defense attorney by day and radical fat queer/performance artist/model/musician/activist most other times."<ref name="Scher">{{Cite web |title='Queer Feminist Mermaid' Surfaces to Challenge Susan Collins |last=Scher |first=Brent |work=Washington Free Beacon |date=29 April 2019 |access-date=1 May 2020 |url= https://freebeacon.com/politics/queer-feminist-mermaid-steps-up-to-challenge-susan-collins/}}</ref> | ||
After graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2016 from University Maine School of Law, Kidman worked as a pro bono attorney for some time.<ref name="MDP">{{Cite web |title=Bre Kidman |author= |work=Maine Democratic Party |date= |access-date=1 May 2020 |url= https://www.mainedems.org/candidate/kidman-bre | After graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2016 from University Maine School of Law, Kidman worked as a pro bono attorney for some time.<ref name="MDP">{{Cite web |title=Bre Kidman |author= |work=Maine Democratic Party |date= |access-date=1 May 2020 |url= https://www.mainedems.org/candidate/kidman-bre}}</ref> In 2019, Kidman was successful in getting the Senatorial electronic system for financial disclosure forms to add [[Mx]] as an honorific option.<ref name="prweb">{{Cite web |title=Bre Kidman, First Non-Binary U.S. Senate Candidate, Forces Senate Ethics Committee Web System Update |author= |work=PRWeb |date=12 June 2019 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.prweb.com/releases/bre_kidman_first_non_binary_u_s_senate_candidate_forces_senate_ethics_committee_web_system_update/prweb16375184.htm}}</ref> | ||
Bre ran as a Democrat, with a progressive platform including campaign finance reform, healthcare accessibility, expansion of reproductive rights, criminal justice reform, climate change action, and solving the opioid crisis.<ref name="Micallef">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Bre Kidman: The Progressive Queer Attorney for U.S. Senate – Part 1 |last=Micallef |first=Max |work=The Student Post |date=29 August 2019 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://www.studentpost.org/2019/08/bre-kidman-interview-senate-maine/ | Bre ran as a Democrat, with a progressive platform including campaign finance reform, healthcare accessibility, expansion of reproductive rights, criminal justice reform, climate change action, and solving the opioid crisis.<ref name="Micallef">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Bre Kidman: The Progressive Queer Attorney for U.S. Senate – Part 1 |last=Micallef |first=Max |work=The Student Post |date=29 August 2019 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://www.studentpost.org/2019/08/bre-kidman-interview-senate-maine/}}</ref> | ||
In the July 14, 2020 Democratic primary, Bre received 7% of the vote, and went on to endorse outside of their party, backing Lisa Savage of the Maine Green Independent Party.<ref name="Collins">{{Cite web |title=Independent U.S. Senate hopeful Lisa Savage picks up backing of one-time Democratic rival |last=Collins |first=Steve |work=Lewiston Sun Journal |date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020 |url= https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/08/02/independent-u-s-senate-hopeful-lisa-savage-picks-up-backing-of-one-time-democratic-rival/ | In the July 14, 2020 Democratic primary, Bre received 7% of the vote, and went on to endorse outside of their party, backing Lisa Savage of the Maine Green Independent Party.<ref name="Collins">{{Cite web |title=Independent U.S. Senate hopeful Lisa Savage picks up backing of one-time Democratic rival |last=Collins |first=Steve |work=Lewiston Sun Journal |date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020 |url= https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/08/02/independent-u-s-senate-hopeful-lisa-savage-picks-up-backing-of-one-time-democratic-rival/}}</ref> | ||
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