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Joe Manchin Endorses Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine Race, Breaking With Schumer
- Joe Manchin will campaign with Incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins at an event in central Maine on Wednesday, the campaign confirmed Monday. The joint appearance marks a high-profile endorsement as Collins seeks her sixth term.
- Manchin, who served in the Senate for more than 14 years as a Democrat before becoming an independent in 2024, endorsed Collins earlier in the election cycle. Last month, he called the senator "the soul of the Senate."
- Collins faces a tough reelection fight against Democrat Troy Jackson as she seeks her sixth term in office. Recent polling shows Jackson ahead 51%-47% among registered voters, keeping the race competitive heading into the final two weeks.
- Manchin's appearance arrives just 24 hours before Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigns in Maine for Jackson, creating a stark contrast in endorsers. The competing surrogates underscore the race's central question: whether Collins maintains sufficient independence from her party.
- Collins has emphasized her independence from Trump, voting against his signature tax-and-spending legislation last year and opposing Pete Hegseth's Pentagon confirmation. Like Collins, Manchin was widely regarded as a moderate, positioning both figures as checks on partisan excess.
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Maine Sen. Collins enlists former colleague Manchin in effort to highlight her independence
Republican Susan Collins is trying to fend off a challenge from Democrat Troy Jackson, a onetime state Senate president, and on Wednesday she made appearances with Joe Manchin, a West Virginian who became an independent late in his career before retiring.
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Maine AFL-CIO calls Susan Collins campaigning with Joe Manchin 'insulting'
A local chapter of the nation’s largest federation of labor unions bashed Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Wednesday for campaigning with former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a former Democrat-turned-independent. Maine’s local AFL-CIO President Cynthia Phinney called it “mystifying and insulting” that Collins would campaign with Manchin, citing his work as an adviser for the […]
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