“People have the impression that I ‘withdrew’ or ‘dropped out,'” Mills said. “But I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot.”

The Maine Senate candidate criticized reports on his alleged pre-campaign extramarital sexting as “gossip” and “journalistic malpractice.”

“People have the impression that I ‘withdrew’ or ‘dropped out,'” Mills said. “But I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot.”