After 22 Years in Washington, Collins Facing “Bipartisan Anger” for Putting Special Interests Ahead of Mainers

DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss issued the following statement today on Senator Susan Collins’ announcement that she will run for re-election in 2020:

“After 22 years years in Washington, Senator Collins is facing ‘bipartisan anger’ for putting the special interests ahead of what’s right for Maine. From a tax giveaway to billionaires and giant corporations that is threatening health care protections for Mainers with pre-existing conditions to confirming partisan judges to lifetime appointments on the federal bench and Supreme Court, Senator Collins has become a reliable vote for Mitch McConnell and her Washington special interest donors. Mainers are ready to hold her accountable and elect an independent Senator who will put them first.”

Read more on how Senator Collins became one of the “most at-risk senators in 2020”:

• Bangor Daily News: Susan Collins’ disapproval rating spikes in new poll ahead of targeted 2020 re-election bid

• Bangor Daily News: Unions that have backed Collins now undecided

• Bloomberg: Susan Collins Faces Bipartisan Anger in Trump-Era Re-Election Bid

• Bloomberg: Susan Collins Faces Re-Election as Standing Erodes in Trump Era

• Boston Globe: ‘The Maine electorate has had it with her’: Constituents turn on Susan Collins

• Daily Beast: How Susan Collins Became the Senate’s Most Vulnerable Republican

• FiveThirtyEight: Mitch McConnell Is The Only Senator More Unpopular Than Susan Collins

• The Hill: Collins receives more donations from Texas fossil fuel industry than from Maine residents

• HuffPost: Susan Collins Wanted To Limit Out-Of-State Donations. Now Her Campaign Is Banking On Them.

• HuffPost: Senator Susan Collins Keeps Voting For Donald Trump’s Anti-Abortion Judges

• Maine Beacon: Collins attends fundraiser at $4m mansion of nation’s top anti-choice judicial activist

• Maine Public: New Report Calls Maine 2020 Senate Race A ‘Toss-Up’

• Morning Consult: Susan Collins Continues to Lose Support in Maine

• New York Times: Susan Collins, a Fixture in Maine, Has Twin Troubles: Trump and Kavanaugh

• Portland Press Herald Editorial: “Predictions that cutting taxes on corporations, wealthy families and individuals would spur enough economic growth to increase tax collections – an argument made by Maine Sen. Susan Collins and others – turned out to be wrong.”
• Roll Call: Susan Collins has a 2020 problem

• Washington Post: In the Trump era, Sen. Susan Collins’s declaration as a New England moderate is challenged

• Vox: “Maine voters like Pam Cunningham are Sen. Susan Collins’s worst nightmare.”

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