Susan M. Collins
- Republican · US Senator, Maine · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election · vs. Troy D. Jackson (D)
- $22.5M
- Raised · 2026 cycle
- $2.7M
- Cash on hand · through Oct 14, 2026
- 5
- Races won · in our records
- 1
- Races lost · in our records
- 29
- Years in Congress
- 73
- Age
Now
US Senate, Maine · Tue, Nov 3
Susan M. Collins Republican (inc.)Troy D. Jackson Democratic
- Newest poll
- Jackson 49, Collins 45 · CNN/SSRS, Oct 26, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub
Career
Newest first| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | US Senate, ME | Won · primary won 98.8% | 51% | |
| 2014 | US Senate, ME | Won · primary won 98.9% | 68.5% | |
| 2008 | US Senate, ME | Won · primary won 100% | 61.3% | |
| 2002 | US Senate, ME | Won · primary won 100% | 58.4% | |
| 1996 | US Senate, ME | Won · primary won 55.5% | 49.2% | |
| 1994 | Governor, ME · election | Lost |
This is the record in our results files, FEC candidate lists and DIME, not a complete career. Results for other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $22.4M · Debts owed $0
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Main committee: Collins for Senator. No donor names are shown.
Spectrum
1 published measureThe marker is the one published measure below. The middle means centrist on that measure’s own scale, not the middle of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score 0.695 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 1,268 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
More about Susan M. Collins
Offices held (5 terms and offices)
- 1997 to nowUS SenateRepublican
Committees (16 assignments)
Senate Committee on Appropriations, Chairman
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies subcommittee
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee
- Department of Defense subcommittee
- Ex Officio of the Energy and Water Development subcommittee
- Ex Officio of the Financial Services and General Government subcommittee
- Ex Officio of the Department of Homeland Security subcommittee
- Ex Officio of the Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies subcommittee
- Ex Officio of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee
- Ex Officio of the Legislative Branch subcommittee
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittee
- Chairman of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittee
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies subcommittee
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Primary Health and Retirement Security subcommittee
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Official pages (9 links)
Their own pages
Sources (10 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Photo: Official congressional portrait via unitedstates/images (U.S. Government Publishing Office). Image · Public domain.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 1997-01-07. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Susan M. Collins: a background.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026