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Susan Collins Launches 2026 Re‑Election Bid in Pivotal Maine Senate Race

Nonpartisan ratings place the contest in toss‑up territory with control of the Senate potentially at stake.

FILE - Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, on July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 9: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote on Thursday, October 9, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) walks in Capitol Hill, as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Overview

  • Collins, 73, made her sixth‑term bid official in a brief video unboxing New Balance running shoes.
  • She will face the winner of a competitive June Democratic primary between Gov. Janet Mills and progressive Graham Platner.
  • Booked advertising is already extensive: Senate Leadership Fund reserved $36.8 million, One Nation rolled out a $5.5 million campaign, Senate Majority PAC reserved $24 million, and Duty and Honor added $2 million.
  • Federal filings show Collins begins 2026 with roughly $8 million cash on hand after Mills and Platner outraised her in Q4.
  • President Trump recently attacked Collins over her vote on a Venezuela war‑powers measure, highlighting GOP tensions even as party leaders line up behind her.