Maine’s four-term senator, who trails Democrat Sara Gideon in the polls, increasingly has been touting her economic bona fides and the power of incumbency.
Susan Collins
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Events, Politics
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Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Ad targeting Collins over Postal Service debts leaves a lot out
Postal finances are more complicated than the ads let on, and members of both parties have had a hand in bringing the agency to where it is today.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Ex-President George W. Bush backs Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins
His endorsement is a welcome boost for Collins, who is waging her most difficult campaign yet as she seeks a fifth term.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Susan Collins’ Postal Service overhaul in 2006 becomes a hot issue on the campaign trail
Democrats who backed her bill at the time are attacking her for it today as Maine’s U.S. Senate race gets ever hotter.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Gideon gets brief moment on national stage at Democratic convention
The candidate for U.S. Senate introduces herself and also shares time with musician Maggie Rogers, who performs with Maine’s coastline in the background.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: GOP legislators’ priority appears to be political theater
While we’re all busy just trying to stay alive, there’s speculation that Republican legislators in Maine are staging an attempt to disparage Speaker of the Maine House Sara Gideon in order to score points for Susan Collins. Democratic state legislators have voted twice to return to Augusta to finish work on hundreds of bills, 74% […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Susan Collins calls on U.S. Senate to pass pandemic-relief measures
During a campaign swing through Auburn, Maine’s senior U.S. senator said she seeks more COVID-19 relief. Hours later, the Senate adjourned without any votes until Sept. 8.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Latest public poll again shows Gideon leading Collins in U.S. Senate race
The Democratic challenger has a 5-point lead over the longtime Republican incumbent in a poll of 500 likely Maine voters released Tuesday by the Bangor Daily News.