Like It or Not, Susan Collins and Jared Golden Have Mainers’ Respect

Like it or not, Susan Collins and Jared Golden have Mainers’ respect

What do they stand for? Better to ignore the hardliners and ask the quiet crowd in the middle.

Maine brewer eyes run against Susan Collins as Democrats seek options

The 2026 midterm elections are more than 500 days away, but Democrats have important decisions to make well before then on who will challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Both national parties are heavily invested in the Maine race, given Collins is the only Republican senator up for election in a state President Donald Trump lost in 2024. The fifth-term senator has fared poorly in approval polls this year, with more than half of Maine Republicans s…