Susan M. Collins
RSen. ME · U.S. Senate · 5 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Collins sits more conservative than 46% of the Senate and more liberal than 53%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Collinssays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- NRSCOther / unclassified$62K
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)Membership$14K
- JOBS OPPORTUNITY NOW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEOther / unclassified$13K
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)Trade$12K
- OORAH! POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEOther / unclassified$10K
- AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC)Trade$10K
- WATERPAC - NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL COMMITTEETrade$10K
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTCorporate$10K
- Corporate41%
- Other / unclassified30%
- Trade20%
- Membership7%
- Labor2%
- Cooperative0%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Health & medicine$136K
- Finance & banking$121K
- Insurance$71K
- Defense & aerospace$65K
- Pharma & biotech$53K
- Construction & engineering$45K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 55% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleCollins's campaign has spent $4.7M across 798 reported disbursements.
- Events & fundraising$2.1M 45%
- Advertising & media$1.6M 34%
- Payroll & admin$462K 10%
- Consulting & research$249K 5%
- Other$147K 3%
- Travel & lodging$143K 3%
- TARGETED VICTORY$1.4M
- THE VOYAGEUR COMPANY LLC$723K
- MENTZER MEDIA SERVICES$674K
- THE MORNING GROUP$321K
- ARISTEIA GROUP, INC$312K
- BANGOR PAYROLL SERVICES$150K
- RESTAURANT ASSOCIATESBOSTON, MA · 16 payments$19K
- CARIBOU INN & CONVENTION CENTERCARIBOU, ME · 5 payments$5K
- COUSINS MAINE LOBSTERCAPE ELIZABETH, ME$5K
- RIVERFRONT BBQAUGUSTA, ME · 3 payments$4K
- LADD, SAMUEL MR.FALMOUTH, ME$4K
- BLUE ELEPHANT CATERINGSACO, ME · 3 payments$3K
- O'HARA JR., FRANCISCAMDEN, ME$3K
- HAMILTON, JOSEPH SAMPSONYARMOUTH, ME$3K
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents Maine · age 74.
Susan Margaret Collins is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator for Maine since 1997. A member of the Republican Party, she is Maine's longest-serving member of Congress and the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate. Collins has chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee since 2025.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
Senators disclose their trades through the Senate's system. See Collins's filings:
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- Senate Committee on AppropriationsChairman
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this Senate seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Graham PlatnerDemocratChallenger
Graham Cunningham Platner is an American oyster farmer, Marine Corps veteran, and political candidate who is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Maine, challenging incumbent Republican senator Susan Collins. (Wikipedia ↗)
$16.3Mraised ↗ - Janet Trafton MillsDemocratChallenger
Janet Trafton Mills is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2019 as the 75th governor of Maine. She previously served as the 55th and 57th attorney general of Maine and as a member of the Maine House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party. (Wikipedia ↗)
$5.8Mraised ↗ - Jordan WoodDemocratChallenger$5.7Mraised ↗
- Dan KlebanDemocratChallenger$459Kraised ↗
- Daira RodriguezDemocratChallenger$243Kraised ↗
- David CostelloDemocratChallenger$150Kraised ↗
- Phillip RenchIndependentChallenger$56Kraised ↗
- Tucker FavreauDemocratChallenger$14Kraised ↗
- Carmem Vincent CalabreseRepublicanChallenger$18Kraised ↗
- Carmen Vincent CalabreseRepublicanChallenger$18Kraised ↗
+ 4 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Susan actually voted · last 15 bills live
- YeaAugust 5, 2026S.J.Res. 187On the Motion to Proceed
- YeaAugust 5, 2026PN730-11On the Cloture Motion
- YeaAugust 5, 2026PN932On the Nomination
- YeaAugust 5, 2026PN932On the Cloture Motion
- YeaAugust 3, 2026H.R. 6500On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- YeaJuly 30, 2026S.Res. 817On the Resolution
- YeaJuly 30, 2026S.J.Res. 181On the Motion to Discharge
- NayJuly 30, 2026S.J.Res. 199On the Motion to Proceed
- YeaJuly 29, 2026S.Res. 817On the Cloture Motion
- YeaJuly 29, 2026H.R. 5334On the Motion to Proceed
- YeaJuly 28, 2026H.R. 5334On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- YeaJuly 28, 2026PN1092On the Nomination
- YeaJuly 27, 2026PN1092On the Cloture Motion
- YeaJuly 23, 2026PN999-5On the Nomination
- YeaJuly 23, 2026PN999-6On the Nomination
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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