Candidate · U.S. Senate
Susan M. Collins
What this job does: One of Maine's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Current office
- U.S. Senator from Maine (since 1997)
- Occupation
- U.S. Senator
- Lives in
- Bangor
Background
- Collins is the U.S. senator in this seat and is running for reelection. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Collins was the only Republican on the June 9, 2026 primary ballot and won the nomination with 126,398 votes. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Collins became chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which writes federal spending bills. source: collins.senate.gov
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