has announced she will run again for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016.

It’s the same seat she lost as a Democrat to Republican Bruce Poliquin in 2014. Poliquin received about 47 percent of the vote in November, compared to 42 percent for Cain.

 The two were running for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat. Democrat Mike Michaud left that seat to run for Maine governor in 2014. Gov. Paul LePage won re-election in that race.

She says in a statement that she wants to ensure that all 2nd District families get the same opportunities as hers. She says Congress is playing “old political games” instead of helping workers and middle class residents.

Brent Littlefield, Poliquin’s campaign consultant, says that voters “just rejected” Cain’s “negative, attack-based campaign.” He says a 2nd District incumbent hasn’t lost re-election for nearly 100 years.

Cain served 10 years in Legislature and built a reputation as a deal broker. She became the House chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee in 2008, then Democratic leader in the House in 2010. 

In the Senate, she again served on Appropriations and led the Government Oversight Committee in 2013-14.

She won her party’s nomination to Congress in 2014.

Since her loss in November, she was working with Jobs for Maine’s Graduates, a private nonprofit that helps children at risk of dropping out before they graduate from high school.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.

This story will be updated.

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