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Susan M. Collins

Republican · ME · United States Senator from Maine

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Susan M. Collins is the senior United States Senator from Maine, in office since 1997 and seeking a sixth term in 2026. A Republican from Caribou, she chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and is known as one of the Senate's few remaining centrists, frequently a pivotal swing vote. She faces Democratic nominee Graham Platner in the November general election.

Campaign Finance Information — United States Senator

Campaign Finance Information · United States Senator · November 3, 2026

Data last updated July 24, 2026

Raised
$16,169,827
Spent
$7,708,021
Cash on hand
$11,038,115
Debts
$0

Top disclosed occupations of direct donors

  • RETIRED$11,257,076
  • NULL$2,687,000
  • CEO$1,528,835
  • ATTORNEY$1,313,743
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  • HOMEMAKER$956,554

Source: FEC · 2026 cycle · fec.gov

Track record

Anti-Corruption

· 1 record

  • Reporting reviewing official disclosures found she took five privately funded luxury trips during her fifth term, including an Aspen Institute-paid stay in Lake Como, Italy and American Enterprise Institute-paid stays at Sea Island, Georgia, and that her campaign accounts spent about $700,000 on travel, hotels, and dining.

    July 1, 2026Against

    Source: thedailybeast.com · researched July 3, 2026

Healthcare Affordability

· 1 record

  • Cast a decisive vote against the Republican 'skinny repeal' of the Affordable Care Act in July 2017, one of three Republicans whose opposition defeated the measure and preserved the ACA.

    July 28, 2017For

    Source: collins.senate.gov · researched July 3, 2026

Social Programs and Welfare

· 1 record

  • Co-authored the Social Security Fairness Act, which repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset to restore full Social Security benefits for teachers, firefighters, police, and other public servants; it passed the Senate 76-20 and was signed into law in January 2025, capping more than two decades of her work on the issue.

    January 5, 2025For

    Source: collins.senate.gov · researched July 3, 2026

Women's Reproductive Rights

· 1 record

  • Voted with Lisa Murkowski as the only two Republicans to advance Democratic legislation to establish a federal right to in vitro fertilization in September 2024; the measure was blocked by other Republicans.

    September 17, 2024For

    Source: wgme.com · researched July 3, 2026

General

· 2 records

  • Became Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee in January 2025, the first Republican woman and the first Mainer in 92 years to lead the panel that writes federal spending bills.

    January 7, 2025

    Source: collins.senate.gov · researched July 3, 2026

  • Announced and cast a vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, delivering a lengthy Senate floor speech explaining her decision; the vote was among the most consequential and contested of her career.

    October 5, 2018

    Source: collins.senate.gov · researched July 3, 2026

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Profile last researched July 3, 2026.