Scoring political points by wrongly attacking the supposedly ill-intentioned DEM Party establishment will not aid the greater cause of thwarting the Trump Admin and its GOP allies, nor in enacting long-overdue democratic reforms. Smart DEM candidates know better #MEPolitics

Maine voters are urged to vote NO on Question 1, a GOP organized effort to make it more difficult for Mainers to vote by absentee ballot and YES on Question 2, an initiative to enact a common-sense Red Flag gun safety law in Maine #MEpolitics

Glitzy/loud campaign videos tend to garner more attention, yet candidate background, knowledge, and experience ultimately matter more (costelloforsenate.com) Effective governance is generally boring. Don’t fall for the noise & glitz #MEpolitics

Gov Pritzker is right. The Trump Admin’s deployment of troops has little to do with fighting crime (better addressed locally w/more fed funding) and almost everything to do with intimidating political opponents and boosting the Pres’s tough guy persona. 90% political theater...

To fix our imperfect democracy and broken federal government, we need to do more than simply change whom we elect every two to six years. We need to substantially reform our governing practices and institutions and eliminate the excessive and corrupting influence that money,

No Kings Rally Remarks – Portland, Maine 10/18 Good afternoon modern day patriots. This isn’t 1776, but given the Trump Administration’s growing authoritarian attacks on our rights and freedoms, it sure feels like it... My name is David Costello. I’m a former senior-level

David Costello, most electable DEM v Sen. Collins. Genuine working-class Maine roots, broadest public service experience, no-disqualifying social media content or tattoos, boldest policy reform ideas, and not yet eligible for Social Security costelloforsenate.com #MEpolitics

While not a fan of “horse race” political journalism, it is interesting that I placed third in UNH’s recent Maine US Senate race poll ahead of Jordan Wood whose campaign has already spent more than $2.1 million and has also enjoyed considerably more press attention... #MEpolitics

While addressing cost-of-living concerns ranks highest among voters, the recent Netflix movie “A House of Dynamite” and President Trump’s call for renewed nuclear weapons testing highlights the need to reprioritize nuclear disarmament talks and the replacement of the concept of

Cost-of-living concerns are top-of-mind for Maine’s voters. Unfortunately, economically sound solutions, like Medicare for all, universal pre-k and afterschool childcare programs, expanded Social Security benefits, and first-time homebuyer and rental housing support programs have

Me, and beagle Stella, think that I'm the best (most electable) Democrat to take on Senator Collins in 2026. We believe this because I possess the most genuine working-class Maine roots; benefit from the broadest public service experience; have yet to garner “establishment”

Sen King made a mistake in voting in favor of the GOP Congress’s recent “CR”, yet he’s spot-on in his assessment of the Trump Admin’s efforts to strong arm Ukraine into accepting an unacceptable “peace” agreement. US needs to place more pressure on Russia, not Ukraine!

While not perfect, JFK and his brothers were smart, compassionate leaders who sought a better world and dedicated their lives to helping those less fortunate. In sharp contrast to Pres. Trump, whose self-aggrandizement is obscene and whose name should be removed from JFK’s living

Affordable, comprehensive, quality HEALTH CARE, a right, not a privilege... Health insurance premiums are spiking for millions of Americans and thousands of Mainers with the expiration of Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) subsidies of low-income enrollees. This needless surge in

Presidential aide Stephen Miller is wrong and dangerous. There is no justification for American imperialism, nor imperialism exercised by any other nation. The world’s colonial powers realized this more than half a century ago. US Government actions that run counter to American

Opening a criminal investigation regarding Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s June testimony to Congress is just another unprecedented and dangerous act of intimidation (and weaponization of the Justice Department) undertaken by the Trump Administration. If Congress has

Senator Susan Collins and her GOP colleagues need to do more, a lot more, to reign-in the Trump administration’s unjust and counterproductive anti-immigration practices. No one is opposed to arresting criminals, whether they’re immigrants to the United States or natural born

Sen. Collins and her GOP colleagues need to do more, a lot more, to reign-in the Trump administration’s unjust and counterproductive anti-immigration practices. No one is opposed to arresting criminals, whether they’re immigrants to the United States or natural born citizens,

The secret police-state style tactics being used by the Trump Admin to demonize, scare, and round-up immigrants (and harm protestors) must stop! Immigration is a complicated global challenge; requiring smart, comprehensive national and multi-national solutions, not hateful

What does Senator Susan Collins have to say? Today marks the expiration of the last NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL treaty between the US and Russia. Leaving both nations with no limits on the size or structure of their arsenals for the first time since 1972; at the very moment both are