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  Collins, Susan
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AffiliationRepublican  
<-  2020-01-01  
 
NameSusan Collins
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Bangor, Maine , United States
Emailinfo@susancollins.com
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Born December 07, 1952 (71 years)
ContributorWishful Thinking
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Oct 09, 2020 03:26pm
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InfoSusan Margaret Collins

Born December 7, 1952, Senator Collins was raised in Caribou, a small city in northern Maine, of which both of her parents have at one time served as mayor. The Collins name is well known in Caribou. Her family founded not only the community, but also the oldest continually operating lumber business in the state. The fifth generation of the Collins family is now involved in the family business.

A 1975 magna cum laude graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Senator Collins worked for former Maine Senator William S. Cohen for 12 years. In 1987, she joined the cabinet of Maine Governor John R. McKernan as Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation, a position she held for five years. She then served as New England Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from 1992 to 1993.

In 1993, Senator Collins ran her first campaign for public office and became the first woman in Maine history to receive a major party nomination for governor after winning an eight-way Republican primary in June of 1994. Though she was not victorious in the general election, she did not lose sight of pursuing public service.

In December of 1994, Senator Collins became the founding executive director of the Center for Family Business at Husson College in Bangor, Maine, a position she held until she resigned in 1996 to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Cohen. She won both a contested Republican primary and a four-way general election later that year.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
08/08/2020-08/10/2020 Critical Insights 37.00% ( 0.0) 49.00% ( 0.0) 14.00% ( 0.0)
07/30/2020-08/03/2020 Quinnipiac University 43.00% ( 0.0) 52.00% ( 0.0) 5.00% ( 0.0)
07/02/2020-07/03/2020 Public Policy Polling 36.00% ( 3.0) 55.00% ( 2.0) 9.00% ( 1.0)
03/02/2020-03/03/2020 Public Policy Polling 33.00% ( 2.0) 57.00% ( 7.0) 10.00% ( 5.0)
10/11/2019-10/13/2019 Public Policy Polling 35.00% ( 0.0) 50.00% ( 2.0) 15.00% ( 2.0)
06/24/2019-06/24/2019 Gravis Marketing 48.00% ( 0.0) 48.00% ( 0.0) 4.00% ( 0.0)
08/17/2018-08/18/2018 Public Policy Polling 35.00% ( 28.0) 48.00% ( 24.0) 17.00% ( 5.0)
01/01/2017-03/31/2017 Morning Consult 67.00% ( 0.0) 27.00% ( 0.0) 6.00% ( 0.0)
01/18/2013-01/20/2013 Public Policy Polling 63.00% ( 3.0) 24.00% ( 2.0) 12.00% ( 2.0)
09/17/2012-09/18/2012 Public Policy Polling 60.00% ( 0.0) 26.00% ( 5.0) 14.00% ( 5.0)
FAVORABILITY POLLS
DateFirmFavorableUnfavorableDon't Know
03/04/2019-03/13/2019 Pan Atlantic SMS 62.20% ( 0.0) 37.30% ( 0.0) 0.50% ( 0.0)
10/15/2014-10/21/2014 University of New Hampshire 70.00% ( 0.0) 19.00% ( 0.0) 11.00% ( 0.0)

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 02, 2022 05:35pm News Collins says she ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if a lawmaker is killed amid rise in threats  Article WA Indy 
Sep 11, 2020 07:15pm Statement Trump 'should have been straightforward' on COVID-19  Article RP 
Feb 01, 2019 06:00pm News Collins brings in most money of her career after Kavanaugh vote  Article BrentinCO 
Sep 08, 2018 11:45am Strategy Collins’s office received 3,000 coat hangers protesting Kavanaugh  Article RP 
Aug 08, 2016 08:00pm Endorsement GOP senator Susan Collins: Why I cannot support Trump  Article RP 
May 12, 2013 12:00pm News Susan Collins slams Obama over IRS targeting of conservative groups  Article Scott³ 

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RACES
  08/22/2024 US President - NL Convention ???
  02/02/2023 US Senate Intelligence Committee Minority Members Won 21.43% (+0.00%)
  02/01/2023 US Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Lost 48.28% (-3.45%)
  11/03/2020 ME US Senate Won 50.98% (+8.59%)
  07/14/2020 ME US Senate - R Primary Won 98.79% (+97.57%)
  01/03/2019 US Senate Aging Committee Chair Won 53.33% (+6.67%)
  01/03/2017 US Senate Aging Committee Chair Won 52.94% (+5.88%)
  11/08/2016 US Vice President Lost 0.19% (-56.51%)
  01/03/2015 Select Aging Committee Chair Won 55.00% (+10.00%)
  11/04/2014 ME US Senate Won 68.46% (+36.96%)
  06/10/2014 ME US Senate - R Primary Won 98.86% (+97.72%)
  01/03/2013 Aging (Select Committee) Chairperson Lost 45.00% (-10.00%)
  01/03/2011 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairperson Lost 44.44% (-11.11%)
  01/03/2009 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairperson Lost 41.18% (-17.65%)
  11/04/2008 ME US Senate Won 61.33% (+22.75%)
  06/10/2008 ME US Senate - R Primary Won 99.97% (+99.93%)
  11/05/2002 ME US Senate Won 58.44% (+16.87%)
  06/11/2002 ME US Senate- R Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1996 ME US Senate Won 49.18% (+5.31%)
  05/28/1996 ME US Senate- R Primary Won 55.50% (+24.50%)
  11/08/1994 ME Governor Lost 23.08% (-12.29%)
  06/14/1994 ME Governor - R Primary Won 21.35% (+4.37%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  06/12/2018 ME Governor - R Primary Lost 0.00% (-56.62%)
  01/20/2017 US Secretary of Defense Lost 0.00% (-98.99%)
  12/16/2013 US Secretary of Homeland Security Lost 0.00% (-82.98%)
  01/03/2013 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairperson Lost 0.00% (-56.25%)
ENDORSEMENTS
WV US Senate - D Primary - May 14, 2024 D Joe Manchin
ME US President - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Nikki Haley
US Ambassador to Croatia - Dec 06, 2023 D Nathalie Rayes
US Ambassador to India - Mar 15, 2023 D Eric Garcetti
IRS Commissioner - Mar 09, 2023 D Daniel I. Werfel
AK US Senate - Open Primary - Aug 16, 2022 R Lisa Murkowski
ME Governor - R Primary - Jun 14, 2022 R Paul LePage
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 07, 2022 D Ketanji Brown Jackson
US Ambassador to Germany - Feb 09, 2022 N Amy Gutmann
US Ambassador to Japan - Dec 18, 2021 D Rahm Emanuel
Second Circuit Court Judge - Nov 01, 2021 D Beth Robinson
First Circuit Court Judge - Oct 18, 2021 D Gustavo A. Gelpí
D.C. Circuit Court Judge - Jun 14, 2021 D Ketanji Brown Jackson
US Secretary of Health & Human Services - Mar 18, 2021 D Xavier Becerra
US Secretary of the Interior - Mar 15, 2021 D Debra Haaland
US Secretary of Housing & Urban Development - Mar 10, 2021 D Marcia L. Fudge
US Secretary of Homeland Security - Feb 02, 2021 D Alejandro Mayorkas
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 26, 2020 NPA Reject
EPA Administrator - Feb 28, 2019 NPA Reject
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board - Jan 23, 2018 R Jerome H. "Jay" Powell
EPA Administrator - Feb 17, 2017 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Education - Feb 07, 2017 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Education - Mar 14, 2016 D John B. King, Jr.
ME US President - R Caucus - Mar 05, 2016 R Jeb Bush
US President - R Primaries - Jun 07, 2016 R Jeb Bush
US Attorney General - Apr 23, 2015 D Loretta Lynch
US Secretary of Housing & Urban Development - Jul 09, 2014 D Julián Castro
US Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security - Dec 20, 2013 NPA Reject
C.I.A. Director - Mar 07, 2013 N John O. Brennan
US Secretary of Defense - Feb 26, 2013 NPA Reject
Solicitor General of the United States - Jun 06, 2011 D Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 05, 2010 D Elena Kagan
CA US Senate - R Primary - Jun 08, 2010 R Carly Fiorina
NY District 23 - Special Election - Nov 03, 2009 R Dede Scozzafava
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 06, 2009 I Sonia Sotomayor
Legal Adviser of the Department of State - Jun 25, 2009 N Harold Koh
Solicitor General of the United States - Mar 19, 2009 D Elena Kagan
US Attorney General - Feb 02, 2009 D Eric Holder
ME US President - R Caucus - Feb 02, 2008 R John McCain
US President - R Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 R John McCain
CT US Senate - Nov 07, 2006 I Joseph I. "Joe" Lieberman
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jan 31, 2006 R Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 29, 2005 R John G. Roberts Jr.
US Attorney General - Jan 20, 2001 R John Ashcroft
Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 I Sonia Sotomayor