PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 6, 2025
Angus King III, a businessman, renewable energy leader and the son of U.S. Sen. Angus King Jr., announced Tuesday that he is running for governor of Maine. King is the founder and former president of Peaks Renewables, a renewable energy development company that recently spearheaded a project to develop an anaerobic digester to produce natural gas from cow manure in the town of Clinton. His father, U.S. Sen. Angus King, is an independent who was governor from 1995 to 2003 and who has served as Maine’s junior U.S. senator since 2013. Seven candidates have so far filed campaign finance paperwork with the state for the governor’s race.