Susan Collins wins 5th Senate term as Sara Gideon concedes

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Published
November 4, 2020

Susan Collins wins 5th Senate term as Sara Gideon concedes

Collins won the election not only by capturing clear majorities in hundreds of Maine’s more conservative, rural communities, but she also appeared to eat into Gideon's margins of victory in traditional Democratic strongholds.
Published
November 3, 2020

Collins holds edge over Gideon in closely watched Senate race

It was unclear early Wednesday whether Republican Sen. Susan Collins would maintain enough of a lead to avoid a ranked-choice run-off in a race with national implications.
Published
November 3, 2020

Coronavirus, economy topped list of Mainers’ concerns heading into elections

With COVID-19 surging in Maine, the majority of local participants in The Associated Press's national survey said the virus was ‘not at all under control’ in the U.S. and strongly disapproved of President Trump's handling of the pandemic.
Published
October 28, 2020

In final debate, Collins and Gideon spar over Supreme Court, health care, abortion

Only the two front-runners in Maine's closely watched Senate race were invited to participate in WMTW's debate.
Published
October 25, 2020

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Michael Jay Newman to serve as a judge on the U.S. district court for the southern district of Ohio.
Published
October 25, 2020

Can Susan Collins avoid the fate of a legendary Maine senator?

Mainers refused a fifth term to Margaret Chase Smith, the only lawmaker until Collins who's sought one since voters began electing senators more than a century ago.
Published
October 22, 2020

Collins, Gideon spar over money in politics, health care in 4th Senate debate

The four candidates in Maine's U.S. Senate race met for a virtual debate Thursday night with less than two weeks to go until Election Day.
Published
October 22, 2020

Biden, Gideon win mock elections in Maine schools

Democrats did well in the mock election exercise – a tradition in Maine schools – as students also chose incumbent Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden over their Republican challengers.
Published
October 18, 2020

Max Linn promises change in long-shot U.S. Senate campaign

The independent is running against the two-party system and the massive amounts of campaign spending in the race, but faces an uphill battle in his effort to unseat Sen. Susan Collins.
Published
October 15, 2020

Gideon raked in $39 million for Senate race in last 3 months

The Democratic candidate raised nearly five times as much as the $8 million contributed to Republican Sen. Susan Collins.