Bre Kidman

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. Kidman describes themself as "criminal defense attorney by day and radical fat queer/performance artist/model/musician/activist most other times."

After graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2016 from University Maine School of Law, Kidman worked as a pro bono attorney for some time. In 2019, Kidman was successful in getting the Senatorial electronic system for financial disclosure forms to add Mx as an honorific option.

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.

In the July 14, 2020 Democratic primary, Bre received 7% of the vote, and went on to endorse their former rival Sara Gideon, of the Maine Green Independent Party.