Susan Collins’ Reelection Bid Gets $42 Million Boost From Senate Majority Leader PAC

Susan Collins’ reelection bid gets $42 million boost from Senate majority leader PAC

The investment — the largest ever by the PAC in Maine — shows the race's importance to Republicans trying to maintain control of the U.S. Senate.

Republican super PAC is spending $42M to defend Susan Collins

A Republican super PAC is spending big to defend Susan Collins in her bid for a sixth term in the U.S. Senate. The Senate Leadership fund on Tuesday morning announced an initial $42 million investment in support of the Republican senator, its largest investment in Maine. But that money won’t be deployed until early August, and nearly $37 million of that will go toward broadcast, cable, digital and radio advertising statewide.  “Senator Susan Col…

GOP Group Spends Big on Susan Collins

A group aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to protect centrist Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in this year’s midterms, even as President Trump has repeatedly criticized her for breaking with the party, the Wall Street Journal reports.