The endorsement of Gideon is particularly notable given the group endorsed incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins
Susan
Margaret Collins GOP lawmakers stick to Trump amid new criticism Senate
Democratic campaign arm launches online hub ahead of November
Republicans fear Trump may cost them Senate MORE (D-Maine) in 2014.The group also backed incumbent Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin
Richard
(Dick) Joseph DurbinGOP's Obama-era probes fuel Senate angst Graham
postpones Russia probe subpoena vote as tensions boil over Senate panel
sends Trump appeals court pick to floor in party-line vote MORE (Ill.),
Gary Peters
Gary
Charles Peters GOP's Obama-era probes fuel Senate angst GOP votes to
give chairman authority to subpoena Obama officials Democratic senator
to skip vote on Obama-era subpoenas MORE (Mich.), and Tina Smith
Tina
Flint SmithPelosi: George Floyd death is 'a crime' Senate Democrat
introduces bill to protect food supply Four Minneapolis officers
involved in death of unarmed black man fired MORE (Minn.).The gun-control advocacy group threw its support behind 11 Democratic Senate candidates including Mark Kelly in Arizona, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper
John
HickenlooperThe Hill's Campaign Report: Republicans go on attack over
calls to 'defund the police' Hickenlooper ethics questions open him up
to attack Hickenlooper violated gifts rule twice while governor: state
ethics panel MORE, Theresa Greenfield in Iowa, Sara Gideon in Maine,
Congressman Ben Ray Luján in New Mexico, Cal Cunningham in North
Carolina, Jaime Harrison in South Carolina, and MJ Hegar in Texas.Democrats are hoping to pick up three or four seats in order to seize control of the upper chamber.
The nonpartisan political website, the Cook Political Report, has rated the races in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and North Carolina, all currently seats held by Republicans as toss-ups.
Everytown jumped into the 2020 electoral fray earlier this year, announcing its plan to spend a minimum of $60 million nationwide in the 2020 elections.
The group has targeted a number of key races in the House and Senate, emphasizing the need to protect what it calls a "gun sense majority," which is mostly comprised of Democratic candidates.
“Mitch McConnell
Addison
(Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate GOP leaders don't expect next
coronavirus bill before mid-July GOP senators urge Trump to back off
Murkowski threat Schumer wants votes on police reform, fifth coronavirus
bill by July 4 MORE is the single biggest obstacle to gun safety reform
in Washington, so Everytown is going all-in to flip the Senate and
elect leaders who will treat America’s gun violence epidemic like the
crisis it is," Everytown president John Feinblatt said in a statement on
Tuesday.