Sara Gideon
Collins faced the toughest reelection bid of her career. Her win gives Republicans a key victory in their effort to maintain control of the Senate.
Some election experts say the state's unconventional voting system could spell trouble for the embattled Republican.
The Republican senator should apologize for dismissing "our concerns and our pain," said one Black Lives Matter activist in Maine.
The senator backed policies that benefited her husband’s consulting business. Republicans target Sara Gideon's husband in attack ads, too.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
It's possible the Maine Republican has decided endorsing the president would be a poison pill for her own reelection bid.
The Human Rights Campaign is throwing its support behind Gideon in her bid to unseat Maine's Republican senator.
The contest for one of Maine's Senate seats has become one of 2020's most closely watched races.
Republican strategists believe almost every incumbent GOP senator was outraised over the past three months.
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund supported the Maine Republican in 2014. This year, they've thrown their support behind Democrat Sara Gideon.
It's the first time the organization's political action committee has backed someone running against the Republican senator since 2008.