这位任职六届的参议员告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她的参议院资历将为该州争取到至关重要的联邦资金
美国东部时间2026年10月15日上午9:48 / 福克斯新闻
作者：保罗·施泰因豪泽
柯林斯警告：若民主党挑战者赢得参议院对决，缅因州选民将“损失惨重”
缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯在获得重大执法机构背书后，独家接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访，她正为连任展开关键的参议院席位争夺战
班戈，缅因州—— 共和党籍参议员苏珊·柯林斯警告称，如果选民选择民主党人特洛伊·杰克逊取代她，缅因州可能会失去至关重要的联邦资金。而最新民调显示，在周四的最后一场辩论前夕，两位候选人的支持率几乎持平。
曾担任伐木工、前缅因州参议院议长的杰克逊，在10月8日至11日进行并于辩论前夜发布的萨福克大学民调中以49%对47%小幅领先柯林斯。杰克逊在可能投票的选民中领先柯林斯两个百分点，这一差距完全在调查的误差范围内，而此次民调也是最新一项显示这场竞争极度胶着的民调。
在这个倾向民主党的新英格兰北部州，柯林斯与杰克逊的对决是民主党在中期选举中从共和党手中夺回参议院多数席位的绝佳换席机会之一。
福克斯新闻权力排名将缅因州的参议院席位争夺战评为“势均力敌”，无党派顶尖政治评级机构《库克政治报告》、《选举内幕》和萨巴托水晶球也持相同看法。
一名前NFL场边记者能帮助共和党在倾向民主党的明尼苏达州拿下参议院席位吗？
福克斯新闻权力排名参议院预测图。(雷米·努马/福克斯新闻)
“如果特洛伊·杰克逊当选，缅因州选民将损失惨重，”柯林斯在周三接受福克斯新闻数字频道独家采访时表示。
正在竞选第六个六年参议员任期的柯林斯，将自己近30年的参议院经历以及担任参议院拨款委员会主席的领导角色，视为“为缅因州人民办成诸多实事”的核心资本。她警告称，如果杰克逊取代她，“他在资历上完全是个新人，所有针对缅因州的关键联邦资金，几乎都会付诸东流。”
杰克逊则辩称，柯林斯并未动用参议院权力保护缅因州家庭免受高企的能源、食品和住房成本之苦。“柯林斯参议员总跟我们说她权力有多大，”杰克逊在首场辩论中表示，“但如果在人民真正需要的时候不肯动用这份权力，那权力就毫无意义。”
杰克逊和民主党人还多次将柯林斯与总统唐纳德·特朗普绑定，而在中期选举前夕，特朗普在缅因州乃至全美支持率都在大幅下滑。
“摆在台面上的选择很明确——一位帮助特朗普伤害缅因州民众，转头又跟我们说她有多忧心忡忡的参议员，或是一位会挺身而出阻止他，不让缅因州又一个家庭付出代价的人，”杰克逊在周二的第三场辩论中说道。
民主党人看到了拿下更多参议院席位的新机会，但共和党雄厚的资金优势仍是障碍
2026年7月25日，在缅因州班戈，特洛伊·杰克逊在民主党提名大会上获得提名，以替代因性侵犯指控退选的初选获胜者格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，出战11月的参议院选举。(乔·拉德尔/盖蒂图片社)
柯林斯以温和派共和党人著称，有时会与总统投票立场相悖。但杰克逊和民主党人正揪住柯林斯的言论不放，她曾表示自己并不后悔2018年投票确认最高法院大法官布雷特·卡瓦诺，而卡瓦诺四年前的关键一票帮助推翻了具有里程碑意义的“罗诉韦德案”堕胎权裁决。
今年夏天缅因州发生移民海关执法局(ICE)探员遇袭身亡事件后，民主党人严厉批评柯林斯支持为ICE提供资金。
但柯林斯近期在多个问题上与特朗普决裂，批评他与邻国加拿大的关税战，并投票反对司法部长托德·布兰奇的提名确认。
“特洛伊、查克·舒默和他们的盟友们打广告说我是总统的傀儡。相信我，特朗普总统本人都会大吃一惊，”柯林斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
柯林斯指出：“我反对他与弗拉基米尔·普京达成的交易，那项交易只换来少量柴油，却解除了我们刚刚通过的制裁。而且总统并未遵守法律。我签署了两党联名信，敦促总统重新考虑这一交易。我反对总统标志性的立法成就‘一项宏伟法案’，因为其中包含了对医疗补助的削减……我知道这对缅因州会造成伤害。”
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2026年10月14日，缅因州班戈，缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯获得缅因州兄弟会警察协会背书。(保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻)
这位参议员是在班戈接受采访的，此前她刚获得缅因州兄弟会警察协会的背书。
“我已经为缅因州各地的项目争取到了资金，包括4600万美元，用于帮助我们的警察和警长部门升级装备、设施和通讯系统，”柯林斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
她还抨击了杰克逊，后者在7月底的特别提名大会上获得了民主党参议院候选人资格，填补了初选获胜者格雷厄姆·普拉特纳退选后留下的空缺。普拉特纳在一份包含其前女友指控他强奸的爆炸性报道发布后结束了竞选活动，尽管他否认了相关指控，但还是退出了竞选。杰克逊今年早些时候曾竞选民主党州长提名，但未成功，他在初选期间曾与普拉特纳一同竞选。
“特洛伊是格雷厄姆·普拉特纳最坚定的支持者，直到格雷厄姆的竞选活动最后一刻都还站在他这边，而格雷厄姆曾多次诋毁执法人员，”柯林斯说，“我从未听过特洛伊公开谴责这些无礼且恶劣的言论。”
柯林斯补充道：“在他的州长竞选活动中，特洛伊得到了美国民主社会主义者组织的背书，并且欣然接受了这份背书。该党纲领的核心内容之一就是‘削减警察经费’。”
杰克逊的竞选团队对此回应称，“杰克逊并非民主社会主义者”，并多次表示他不支持削减警察经费。竞选团队还补充说，杰克逊曾呼吁普拉特纳退选，“并且明确表示不会接受普拉特纳的背书”。
“苏珊·柯林斯正在就特洛伊的记录撒谎，因为她知道缅因州民众已经准备好让她退休了——她96%的投票都与唐纳德·特朗普一致，削减民众的医保，确认布雷特·卡瓦诺以推翻‘罗诉韦德案’，纵容特朗普发动伊朗战争推高能源成本，并且未能阻止他造成成本飙升的鲁莽关税政策，”杰克逊的竞选团队告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
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但柯林斯对96%这一数据提出质疑，称其来自一项仅涵盖其三分之一参议院投票的研究。
“一项涵盖了90%投票的研究显示，我支持总统的比例为72%，”她补充道，“归根结底，我认为他正确的时候就支持他，认为他错误的时候就不支持。”
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作为唯一一位在2024年大选中特朗普失利的州寻求连任的共和党参议员，柯林斯有着多次挫败民主党罢免企图的历史。
六年前，她当时落后民主党挑战者、时任缅因州众议院议长萨拉·吉迪恩，但最终这位参议员以近九个百分点的优势连任，而前总统乔·拜登也以相近优势拿下了缅因州。
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Collins insists socialist rival won’t beat her as Maine’s money machine: ‘You’ll lose big time’
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By Paul Steinhauser
Collins warns Maine voters will ‘lose out big time’ if Democratic challenger wins Senate showdown
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine speaks exclusively with Fox News Digital after landing a major law enforcement endorsement as she runs for re-election in a crucial Senate showdown
BANGOR, Maine — Republican Sen. Susan Collins is warning that Maine could lose crucial federal funding if voters replace her with Democrat Troy Jackson, as a new poll shows the candidates statistically tied ahead of their final debate Thursday.
Jackson, a one-time logger and former Maine Senate president, edged Collins 49%-47% in a Suffolk University poll conducted Oct. 8-11 and released on the eve of the final debate. Jackson’s two-point edge over Collins among likely voters was well within the survey’s margin of error, and the poll was the latest to indicate an extremely close contest.
The face-off between Collins and Jackson in the blue-leaning Northern New England state is a top flip opportunity for the Democrats as they try to win back the Senate majority from the Republicans in the midterm elections.
The Fox News Power Rankings rate the race in Maine as a toss up, as do leading nonpartisan political handicappers the Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball.
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“Maine voters lose out big time if Troy Jackson were to be elected,” Collins said in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview on Wednesday.
Collins, who is running for a sixth six-year term in the Senate, has showcased her nearly three decades of Senate experience and her leadership role as Senate Appropriations Committee chair as integral to her ability “to get so much done for the people of Maine.” She warned that if Jackson replaced her, “he’ll be 100 in seniority, and all of that essential federal funding targeted for the state of Maine, virtually all of it will go away.”
Jackson has argued that Collins has not used her Senate power to protect Maine families from soaring energy, food, and housing costs. “Sen. Collins has told us how powerful she is,” Jackson said during their first debate. “But power means nothing if you won’t use it when the people may need it.”
Jackson and Democrats have also repeatedly aimed to anchor Collins to President Donald Trump, whose approval ratings in Maine and across the country are cratering ahead of the midterms.
“That’s the choice on this stage — a senator who helps Donald Trump hurt Maine then tells us how concerned she is, or somebody who will stand up against him before another family in Maine has to pay the price,” Jackson said during Tuesday’s third debate.
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Troy Jackson speaks as he became the Maine Democratic Party’s choice to be their U.S. Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner on the ballot in November on July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Collins is known as a moderate Republican who at times has voted against the president. But Jackson and Democrats are targeting the senator over her comments that she didn’t regret her 2018 vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, whose crucial vote four years later helped overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling.
And following the fatal shooting in Maine this summer involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Democrats heavily criticized Collins for her support for ICE funding.
But Collins has broken with Trump numerous times in recent months, criticizing his tariff war with neighboring Canada and voting against Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation.
“Troy and Chuck Schumer and their allies run ads saying that I’m somehow a puppet of the president. Believe me, that would come as a huge surprise to President Trump,” Collins told Fox News Digital.
Collins noted, “I opposed the deal that he made with Vladimir Putin to get a small amount of diesel, and in return lift the sanctions that we just passed into law, and the president is not following the law. I signed a bipartisan letter that urges the president to reconsider that. I opposed the president’s signature legislative accomplishment, the One Big Beautiful Bill, because it contained cuts in Medicaid that… I know would be harmful to Maine.”
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is endorsed by the state chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, on Oct. 14, 2026 in Bangor, Maine.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
The senator was interviewed in Bangor after landing the endorsement of the Maine chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police.
“I’ve secured funding for projects throughout Maine, $46 million to help our police and sheriff’s departments upgrade their equipment, facilities, and communications,” Collins told Fox News Digital.
And she took aim at Jackson, who won a special nominating convention in late July to fill the party’s Senate nomination, which was left vacant after primary winner Graham Platner ended his campaign following an explosive report containing an allegation of rape from a woman he previously dated. Platner denied the report but dropped out.
Jackson, who earlier this year unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, had campaigned alongside Platner during the primary campaign.
“Troy was Graham Platner’s biggest supporter and stayed with him to the very end of Graham’s campaign, and Graham repeatedly denigrated law enforcement,” Collins said. “I never heard Troy publicly condemn those disrespectful and horrible comments.”
Collins added, “During his gubernatorial campaign, Troy was endorsed and welcomed the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America. One of the key parts of the DSA platform is to defund the police.”
The Jackson campaign, responding, pointed out that “Jackson is not a Democratic Socialist” and has repeatedly said he does not support defunding the police. The campaign added that Jackson called on Platner to drop out and “has been clear he will not accept a Platner endorsement.”
“Susan Collins is lying about Troy’s record because she knows that Mainers are ready to retire her after she’s voted with Donald Trump 96% of the time to cut their healthcare, confirmed Brett Kavanaugh who overturned Roe v. Wade, enabled Trump’s war in Iran that’s raising energy costs, and failed to stop his reckless tariffs that are causing costs to skyrocket,” the Jackson campaign told Fox News Digital.
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Campaign signs for Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson are seen alongside a road in Bangor, Maine, on Oct. 14, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
But Collins disputed the 96% figure, saying that it came from a study that only covered a third of her Senate votes.
“A study that looked at 90% of the votes showed that I supported the president 72% of the time,” she added. “The bottom line is, I support him when I think he’s right. I don’t when I think he’s wrong.”
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Collins, who is the only GOP senator seeking re-election in a state Trump lost in the 2024 election, has a history of surviving Democratic efforts to unseat her.
Six years ago, she trailed Democratic challenger Sara Gideon, the then-Maine House speaker, but the senator ended up winning re-election by nearly nine points while former President Joe Biden carried the state by a similar margin.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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