Posted on 11/04/2020 12:21:27 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Republican Senator Susan Collins, an independent-minded moderate, won a surprise re-election victory in Maine on Wednesday, strengthening her party’s chances of retaining control of the U.S. Senate.
Collins, 67, turned back one of the strongest challenges in her career as she defeated Democrat Susan Gideon, 48, the speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives.
“I feel that this is an affirmation of the work that I’m doing in Washington to fight hard every day for the people of Maine,” Collins told reporters.
Gideon said she called Collins to concede.
“I congratulated her on winning this election, and I told her I would always be available to help serve the people of Maine,” she said in a video broadcast on Facebook.
The result is a setback for Democrats, who hope to pick up at least three seats to win control of the 100-seat Senate. Collins had been viewed as one of the more vulnerable Republicans.
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Dims should be happy...she’s as good as a democrat.
I was certain that Collins was going to lose. I’m no fan but for the time being I’m glad she won.
How is it a setback? They still got a Democrat.
Dems are NOT happy. Not even a little.
No fan of Collins, but we need the seat.
And better than some.
The rich bitch spent something like $63 MILLION and still couldn’t but herself one of Maine’s Senate seats..... GIDEON, YOU’RE A LOSER!
Excellent. That is a big win.
Susan Collins voted for the Trump tax cuts and the overwhelmingly majority of the president’s judicial picks.
The RAT challenger would have voted NO on all of the above.
I live in Maine’s Second District, by the way.
“Dems are NOT happy. Not even a little.”
I know, I know...you are correct. As ScottinVA said...”No fan of Collins, but we need the seat.”
You’re right...I spoke too soon. I’m still mad over the ACB witch trial.
Kind of set back for everyone.
[Dims should be happy...she’s as good as a democrat.]
She’s actually pretty smart, politically.
Mitch lets her have her protest votes on minor issues, but one on the votes that count, she’s on our side ... she said no to impeachment, yes to all the judges, and destroyed that faker Christine Basey Ford’s credibility, allowing the Kavanaugh confirmation to succeed
Let’s give her credit, we need her
and it would be a LOT worse if the Democrat won
True. If Biden pulls off the steal, Collins will vote to confirm all of his leftist judges, including for the Sup Court. She’ll vote for gun bans and other anti-Second Amendment legislation that comes her way. She’ll vote for radical pro-LGBT legislation that comes her way.
But she won’t vote to end the filibuster, so hopefully bad legislation can be stopped before she gets to vote for its final passage.
“Dims should be happy...she’s as good as a democrat.”
Not quite. Doing the right thing 35% of the time (Collins) is better than 0% of the time (psycho bitch Gideon).
As much are we aren’t exactly Collins’ biggest fans, she is a far better option than the alternative. She wouldn’t survive a primary in a truly conservative state, but this is Maine and — like it or not — is probably the best we can do. Who was Maine’s last actually conservative Senator?
Sure, I’d love to see Paul LePage in the Senate.... and he’d have lost by 15 points yesterday.
She won by 9 points. That wasn’t close. Pollsters are frauds. She was supposed to lose by 5. They just lie. It’s not more complex than that. Quinnipiac had her losing by 12. Only 21 points off.
ME is a HOLD
MT is a HOLD
NC is a HOLD
TX is a HOLD
KY is a HOLD
SC is a HOLD
CO is a LOSS
IA is a HOLD
AZ is a ?
AL is a PICKUP
MI is a PICKUP
GA is a HOLD
GA 2 is a RUNOFF but probable HOLD
WHAT AM I MISSING?
[The rich bitch spent something like $63 MILLION and still couldn’t but herself one of Maine’s Senate seats..... GIDEON, YOU’RE A LOSER!]
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/senate/me/maine_senate_collins_vs_gideon-6928.html
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