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Sara Gideon
election reform
Nov. 18, 2020
Alaska Voters Approve Two Major Election Reforms Ballot Measure 2 gives Alaska a top-four nonpartisan primary system and (like Maine) ranked-choice voting. It could be good news for Lisa Murkowski.
By Ed Kilgore
poll position
Oct. 28, 2020
COVID Resurgence May Keep Trump From Closing the Gap With Biden As Trump urges voters to stop dwelling on his handling of the pandemic, COVID-19 is making an attention-grabbing comeback, especially in the Midwest.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Oct. 14, 2020
We May Have to Wait for Senate Election Results, Too For reasons ranging from slow counts of mail ballots to funky majority-vote requirements, we may not know who controls the Senate until January.
By Ed Kilgore
poll position
Oct. 10, 2020
It’s Harder Than it Looks for Democrats to Win the Senate Recent polls show many newly competitive Democratic Senate candidates, but they could still fall short of a majority even if Biden wins.
By Ed Kilgore
action item
Sept. 18, 2020
13 Down-Ballot Races You Should Be Excited About From New York to Texas, here are the progressive candidates to watch.
By Bridget Read
2020 elections
Sept. 15, 2020
Ranked-Choice Voting Would Prevent Minor-Party Spoilers Susan Collins might not like Maine’s new system come November, but it helps protect the freedom to choose minor parties and avoids the “spoiled” vote.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
July 15, 2020
Susan Collins Wants to Debate Her Opponent 16 Times In one of the closest and most important Senate races, the Republican incumbent appears to be running scared.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
July 7, 2020
Ranks of Republican Women in Senate Could Be Decimated in November As many as four of the GOP’s nine women in the Senate could lose, and a fifth is a prospect for a party switch.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
June 28, 2020
Biden’s Surge Could Flip the Senate — and Boost His Presidency A rising tide from the top of the ticket may lift Democrats to control of the Senate, which would make a successful Biden administration more likely.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Apr. 13, 2020
Susan Collins’s Popularity Keeps Sinking Maine’s Republican senator is caught between an unpopular president who demands loyalty and an electorate that demands independence.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Dec. 18, 2019
Collins Officially Running in 2020, in Race That Could Decide Senate Control She angered a lot of constituents with her pivotal support for Brett Kavanaugh, and will have a strong opponent.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 senate elections
July 18, 2019
Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest Approaches The senator is losing popularity and is lashed to a president who is even more unpopular than she is in Maine.
By Ed Kilgore
Susan Collins Has a New Democratic Challenger Sara Gideon announced her Senate run, taking aim at Collins for voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.
By Sarah Jones
