Author Stephen King endorsed Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon’s (D) campaign against to unseat Sen. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power Billionaire who donated to Trump in 2016 donates to Biden Credit union group to spend million on Senate, House races MORE on Monday.

It’s time for Susan Collins to go. https://t.co/rs5Rs1Yczb — Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 24, 2019

King, a native of the Pine Tree State who uses it as the setting for much of his fiction, previously endorsed Collins’s 2014 challenger, state Sen. Shenna Bellows (D). He was also a frequent critic of former Gov. Paul LePage (R), who held office from 2011 to 2019 and once wrongly suggested King did not pay income taxes in the state.

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Collins has become a top target of progressive activists in the 2020 election since casting one of the deciding votes last fall to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael KavanaughTrump faces tricky choice on Supreme Court pick The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump stokes fears over November election outcome The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump previews SCOTUS nominee as 'totally brilliant' MORE. Before Collins announced she would vote to confirm, King predicted on Twitter that if she did, she would be defeated in the next election.

“It would be unwise for anyone to mistake how angry most Americans are at the way this is being railroaded through,” King tweeted in September.

IF Susan Collins votes to confirm Kavanaugh, and IF she runs for re-election—two bigs ifs—she will be defeated. It would be unwise for anyone to mistake how angry most Americans are at the way this is being railroaded through. — Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 15, 2018

Gideon, the highest-profile challenger to Collins thus far, formally announced her bid Monday.

“Susan Collins has been in the Senate for 22 years. And at one point maybe she was different than some of the folks in Washington, but she doesn’t seem that way anymore,” Gideon said in a video.