Angus King: podcast appearances and interviews

Angus Stanley King Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Maine since 2013. He is an independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party and is one of two independents in the Senate; the other is Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Born on March 31, 1944, in Virginia, King moved to Maine after completing law school. He founded Northeast Energy Management, Inc. in 1989, a company focused on electrical energy conservation projects. In 1994, he was elected as Maine’s governor in a four-way race as an independent candidate and was reelected in a landslide in 1998, serving from 1995 to 2003. During his tenure, he was the only independent governor in the United States and maintained high approval ratings. After leaving office, King returned to his business activities. He won Maine’s 2012 Senate election to succeed retiring Republican Olympia Snowe and was reelected in 2018 following the state's inaugural instant-runoff voting elections. He secured a third term in 2024. Throughout his political career, King has been known for his independent stance while working within the structure of the Senate, aligning with the Democratic caucus for committee purposes.