Sen. Collins has built a brand as a moderate senator who isn't afraid to buck her party. But she now faces her toughest challenge yet as she prepares to run for a 5th term in a blue state: the potential impeachment of a president she didn't vote for.
so far show Collins miles ahead of her likely Democratic rival. Collins is one of a handful of GOP senators up for re-election next year who are grappling with impeachment, including Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Joni Ernst of Iowa, who was heckled at a recent town hall over the issue.
Mike Hoyle, who was wearing a Trump 2020 hat, said he's disappointed with the senator's"namby pamby, safe, political answer" on impeachment. "The first and second congressional districts are so divided and so culturally distinct from each other at times it's almost like we're two different states," said Eric Brakey, a Republican former state senator running in the 2nd congressional district."It's hard to be in Susan Collins' position trying to bridge that divide. It's going to be one of the more difficult races she's had.
"Right now, she's trying to coast on this image as a moderate," said Kelli Whitlock Burton, one of the leaders of the progressive group Suit Up Maine. "There's no job more important for U.S. Senators than standing up for the Constitution," said Nathaly Arriola, executive director of Need to Impeach, which is spending $3 million on the ads, although Democratic groups focused primarily on Senate races have yet to press the impeachment issue.
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