2020 Senate Elections

[MAINEiac4434]

is collins running for reelection?

she will but she will not be able to easily coast like she has in the past.

Lol she’s fine

lol no she isn't.

https://bangordailynews.com/2017/12/08/news/state/faith-leaders-arrested-for-sit-in-at-collins-portland-office-released-from-jail/

http://bangordailynews.com/2017/12/10/news/bangor/protesters-voice-anger-over-tax-bill-outside-susan-collins-bangor-home/

https://bangordailynews.com/2017/12/15/politics/protesters-play-cribbage-on-floor-of-collins-office/

She's done. She may not even run for reelection at this point.

[MAINEiac4434]

Collins is safe. She has not had a close race since she first ran for Senate in 1996.

Good things people's opinions never ch--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York,_1998

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota,_2004

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Utah,_1976

Oh. It's almost as if sometimes longtime, once-popular incumbents can get swept out if they fail to evolve with their states.

[MAINEiac4434]

And I'm not saying she WILL lose. I'm just saying she will face her toughest election since she lost the Governors race in 1994. Both for the nomination and in the general. She is not a shoe-in by any means.

If that was going to happen, you'd think it would've happened in 2008. Instead she completely demolished a decent Democratic candidate who represented half the state. Dems' only hope of winning the seat is if she retires or loses the primary.

Yeah, but that was before Trump and the tax bill. We didn't really have any reason to hate her.