BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) had the best fundraising quarter of her career after she delivered a pivotal vote that helped seat Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.
The Bangor Daily News reports that after announcing her decision to vote in favor of Kavanaugh’s nomination during a speech on the Senate floor in early October, Collins raised $1.8 million in the final quarter of 2018.
The records show that of the nearly $900,000 Collins received from individual donors who contributed more than $200 to her campaign, just $19,000 came from individuals with Maine addresses.
“We made an effort to have a strong quarter because we wanted to send the message that Senator Collins will be prepared to run a vigorous campaign in 2020,” said Amy Abbott, the deputy treasurer of Collins’ campaign committee. “We focused our fundraising efforts nationally, which we typically do until the election year, which is why there were relatively fewer donations from Maine.”
She said the campaign received “many contributions” from Maine that were under the $200 reporting threshold.
In the quarter before her Kavanaugh vote, Collins raised $140,000.
Collins’ decision to support Kavanaugh’s nomination led to a burst of donations for a potential 2020 challenger. So far no Democrats have emerged to challenge Collins next year.
Gross.
How nice for her. Meanwhile, her unnamed opponent already has a war chest of ~$4 million because of her vote to confirm Boofin’ Bart.
My hope is that Susan lives long enough to regret her vote when K is recognized as a disaster for America.
No doubt that all of Kavanaugh’s “frat buddies” are chipping in.
Do sociopaths feel regret for harming others if it benefited them? I don’t think she’ll regret a thing.
Some people are delusional and one day that fever breaks and they regret it. We’ve seen people like that who were in hate groups that go on to fight against them but Collins is cool, sober, collected. She knows exactly what she does and is the type that doesn’t change.