Three other Republican senators have recently tested positive for the disease.
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Can Susan Collins survive Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party?
The four-term Republican senator was once among the most popular in the country. Now she’s the least and her latest bid for re-election has her in an unfamiliar role: underdog.
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Five takeaways: Susan Collins talks Trump, Supreme Court nominee in Waterville
The U.S. Senator stopped by for a downtown tour, but answered questions on national issues as well.
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Defense analysts disagree over whether Collins or Gideon is better for BIW
Some analysts said Sen. Susan Collins hasn’t helped Bath Iron Works win contracts for new types of ships, while others argue that’s out of her control, regardless of her position as a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
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Hawaiian defense contractor with Maine offices charged with bank fraud
Martin Kao, whose company has an $8 million, Defense Department-funded project in Maine, is suspected of falsifying applications to the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Gideon banks on bipartisan image, but critics disagree
In her bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine House speaker highlights her work on issues such as the opioid crisis and climate change, yet some Republicans say she’s been unwilling to compromise on key issues and failed to exercise leadership during the pandemic.
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Protesters demand stronger promise from Sen. Collins.
Topics included Supreme Court vacancy, reproductive rights, health care, minority rights.
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Gideon has small lead over Collins among likely Maine voters in new Colby poll
The survey of 847 likely voters also shows Democrat Joe Biden running well ahead of President Trump, with the margin tighter in the 2nd Congressional District.
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Another poll shows Gideon with a 5-percentage-point lead over Collins
A survey of 500 likely Maine voters in the U.S. Senate race by Suffolk University found 46% support for Sara Gideon, with 41% favoring Susan Collins.
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Donald Trump attacks Susan Collins over Supreme Court nomination timeline
Speaking on Fox News on Monday morning, the president said Maine’s Republican senator is “very badly hurt,” by suggesting whomever wins the presidential election on Nov. 3 should decide on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement