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Nearly 100 billionaires and their spouses have donated to reelect Susan Collins
Susan Collins, Billionaire Patronage, and the Fiction of a People’s Senate RaceThe SetupSusan Collins is running for reelection with a carefully staged image of retail normalcy, but the money behind her campaign is the opposite of ordinary. A Maine Monitor analysis found that nearly 100 billionaires and spouses have given $9.8 million to her network since early 2025, with most of it flowing through a super PAC that is already blanketing Maine with attack ads against Democrat Graham Platner. That is the real context the shoe-box video tried to hide.Where the Power SitsActual power in this race…
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