Susan Collins Seeks 6th Senate Term, Touting $1.5 Billion for Maine
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Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 30
Susan Collins Seeks 6th Senate Term, Touting $1.5 Billion for Maine
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 30
Summary
Fort Fairfield put Susan Collins on home turf as the 73-year-old senator used the Potato Blossom Festival parade to launch her case for a sixth term around local roots and federal clout.
Collins said she helped deliver $1.5 billion to Maine over the past five years and nearly 700 projects in her current term, arguing her seniority and Appropriations Committee role give the state leverage few freshmen could match.
That pitch faces a sharper populist challenge from new Democratic nominee Troy Jackson, who holds a 3-point edge in a University of New Hampshire poll and argues Collins's ties to Trump have cost Mainers more than her earmarks bring back.
Jackson was nominated last weekend after Graham Platner dropped out, and Democrats are betting Maine's blue drift and Trump's 36% approval in the state can outweigh Collins's long record of crossover support.