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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.
In 1996, Senator Collins was elected to the Senate, succeeding Bill Cohen. She was reelected in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. 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.
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May 8, 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.
May 14, 2024 · Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, laughs as she holds a folio with a sticker reading "Live and Work in Maine" before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol ...
Nov 4, 2020 · November 4, 2020. KITTERY, Maine— When Senator Susan Collins bounded off her campaign bus here a week before the election, the obstacles to her reelection seemed insurmountable. The fourth-term...
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) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Maine. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
