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“In your view would it be harder to dislodge Collins or King?”
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They would both be difficult to dislodge,

Angus King was re-elected in 2018 easily. He isn’t up again until 2024.

King was challenged by Eric Brakey, then a 30-year old former state senator. Angus King had boatloads more money and huge name recognition, as a former two-term governor (elected in 1994 and 1998) and as an incumbent first term U.S. Senator.

Eric Brakey is very knowledgeable on firearms and Second amendment issues. As a state senator, he successfully introduced a bill making Maine a Constitutional Carry state.
Brakey also played a major role in defeating anti-gun bills in the last legislative session. Brakey is currently running for the House of Representatives for Maine’s Second Congressional District in November 2020.

Angus King had a bout with prostate cancer not that long ago, but as far as I know, he is cancer-free.

As for Susan Collins, she is up for re-election in November 2020. Her support for Kavanaugh has infuriated all the left-wing special interest groups, and they are already running anti-Collins ads, funded with money from out-of-state.

The ads feature angry women saying that they supported Collins in the past, but not anymore, blah blah blah. These ads feature unflattering images of Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearings.

I know Collins leaves a lot to be desired in regards to conservatism, but she did vote for the Trump tax cuts, she voted for Neil Gorsuch for the High Court, and she gave an impassioned speech saying she was a “yes” vote for Brett Kavanaugh. Collins also supported the vast majority of the president’s many choices for the federal judiciary. A democrat would have been a “no” vote on all of these.

Someone was going to primary Susan Collins, but the president asked the potential challenger to not do so, and that person agreed to back off.

The democrats usually run some obscure left-wing female state senator against Collins, and Collins ends up looking good in comparison and wins by a sizeable margin.

This time, Collins may get more of a challenge from the left because they are still pissed off about her vote for Kavanaugh, who these lefties would literally crucify if they had the chance.