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Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, she has held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest-serving member of Congress. Born in Caribou, Maine, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.
Aug 21, 2024 · Collins, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Halt the Flood of Illicit Packages into the United States
In 2020, she made history by becoming the first-ever Republican woman to win a 5th term. She is also the first popularly elected U.S. Senator from Maine to be elected to a 5th term. She is the seventh-most senior member of the Senate and the most senior Republican woman.
Jul 12, 2024 · Collins, a longtime moderate Republican senator from Maine, told reporters on Friday that she intended to write in the former South Carolina governor’s name on the ballot in November. The move recalls 2016, when Collins said she wrote in then-House Speaker Paul Ryan for president over Trump.
May 3, 2022 · Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins issued a statement Tuesday morning following a Politico report indicating the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case ...
Jul 21, 2024 · Susan Collins, American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1996 and began representing Maine in that body the following year. She ran for governor of Maine in 1994 but was defeated. Learn more about Collins’s life and career.
Nov 27, 2020 · Empowered by an Odds-Defying Win, Susan Collins Is Ready to Deal. The senator from Maine has emerged from the toughest re-election battle of her career more influential than ever, and ready...
Nov 3, 2020 · Susan Collins (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Maine. She assumed office on January 3, 1997. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Collins (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Maine. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Nov 13, 2020 · Revitalized and empowered, Collins now has the chance to wield her influence over a Senate where the sweet spot for President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda will be found somewhere in the moderate middle — the political space she’s happily called home for decades.
Nov 4, 2020 · Collins voted for the president’s tax bill but against his bid to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and against his impeachment.