“In general, I don’t think this race will be decided by whether someone is viewed as more progressive or more establishment,” Garrett Martin, president and CEO of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, told Newsweek. “Mainers have a long history of voting for people they trust to be independent, pragmatic, and willing to challenge the status quo when it’s not working. The candidate who can give them confidence that that’s what they’ll do is who will ultimately prevail.”